Kannada QA Lead for AI Training Data Remote Contract
Listing checked September 4, 2026 · pay as published by SME Careers
Overview
As a <b>Kannada</b> QA Lead, you’ll steer quality across <b>AI training</b> projects on a remote, contract basis. You’ll review AI-generated <b>Kannada</b> content and supervise trainer and QA outputs to uphold project guidelines and cultural accuracy. You’ll build and maintain <b>style guides</b>, onboarding materials, and documentation to support scalable quality workflows. You’ll coordinate with distributed contributors via <b>Discord</b>, <b>Google Docs</b>, and trackers to ensure timely feedback and steady engagement.
What You'll Do8
- 1Lead Kannada QA quality monitoring across AI training tasks, identify issues, and deliver precise feedback through direct messages while escalating critical trends.
- 2Share updates with trainers and QAs on Discord about new guidelines, project changes, and quality expectations.
- 3Respond to questions on Kannada wording, tone, cultural context, and edge cases with clear, timely guidance.
- 4Manage activation of inactive contributors, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues to maintain steady workflow.
- 5Create and maintain Kannada project documentation, including style guides, trackers, FAQs, quality notes, and onboarding materials.
- 6Coordinate onboarding sessions with trainers and QAs to explain rubrics, standards, and Kannada-specific style requirements.
- 7Ensure consistent application of Kannada language guidelines as projects evolve and scales.
- 8Identify recurring quality gaps, propose scalable QA processes, and support process improvements for Kannada projects.
Requirements10
- 1Bachelor's or Master's degree in Kannada, Linguistics, Translation, Communications, English, Education, quality assurance, or related field.
- 2Native or near-native Kannada proficiency with strong reading and writing skills.
- 3Strong English proficiency to follow project guidelines and provide feedback in English.
- 43+ years of professional Kannada writing, editing, translation, localization, content QA, AI training, annotation, or related language-review work.
- 5Solid understanding of Kannada grammar, spelling, punctuation, tone, register, regional variation, and cultural context.
- 6Ability to evaluate Kannada content against rubrics and identify mistranslation, unnatural tone, hallucinated claims, ambiguity, or inconsistent terminology.
- 7Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, annotators, reviewers, editors, or QAs.
- 8Comfort with remote work using Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, and project-management tools.
- 9Detail-oriented and organized, capable of maintaining style guides, FAQs, trackers, onboarding materials, and quality documentation.
- 10Experience with AI training, data annotation, LLM evaluation, prompt/response evaluation, or rubric-based LLM QA is a strong plus.
Who Should Apply
Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in Kannada language QA, localization, or related AI training roles within remote settings. They excel at translating rubrics into concrete feedback and maintaining Kannada style guidelines. This role is less suitable for applicants lacking strong Kannada fluency or experience coordinating distributed teams. Candidates without solid documentation or dashboard-tracking experience may score low on fit.
Salary Insight
Hourly pay: $30/hr. This rate aligns with mid-senior Kannada QA leadership in remote AI training projects.
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