Tamil Subject Matter Expert – AI Audio Transcription (Remote)

Job summary

Lead and support Tamil labelers and reviewers, providing linguistic guidance and ensuring accurate, consistent, high-quality transcription and labeling. Audit work, coach team members, clarify guidelines, communicate project updates, and collaborate with project managers to address quality and workflow issues.

Job details

About The Role What if your deep command of Tamil and your leadership instincts could directly shape how AI learns to understand spoken language? We're looking for a Subject Matter Expert (SME) based in or around Toronto to lead our Tamil audio transcription project. You'll oversee a team of language labelers and reviewers, provide linguistic guidance, and help ensure consistent, accurate, and high-quality output across the project. Toronto's large and growing Tamil-speaking community — one of the biggest in North America — makes it an ideal location for this role. Your understanding of Tamil across cultural contexts is a genuine strength. This is a hands-on leadership role that rewards sound judgment, clear communication, and a sharp ear for language. You'll guide a team through the natural messiness of real-world audio while keeping quality standards high and the team aligned. Organization: Alignerr Type: Hourly Contract Location: Remote Commitment: Hours may vary based on project demands, team needs, and project volume What You'll Do Lead and support a team of Tamil-specific labelers and reviewers throughout the project Serve as the primary language and project subject matter expert, providing guidance on transcription, labeling, and language-specific questions Ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality standards are maintained across all project work Monitor team performance and identify recurring quality issues, trends, or areas requiring additional guidance Conduct regular audits of labeling and reviewing work and provide actionable feedback Manage project-related communications and questions through Discord Host Office Hours to answer questions, clarify guidelines, and provide ongoing support to the labeling and reviewing teams Help identify ambiguities or gaps in project guidelines and escalate issues when necessary Participate in team meetings, calibration sessions, and project discussions Support alignment between labelers and reviewers to ensure consistent application of project guidelines Communicate important project updates, changes, and quality expectations to the assigned language team Collaborate with Project Operators and Project Managers to address quality, workflow, and performance concerns Who You Are Native proficiency in Tamil Strong understanding of Tamil grammar, vocabulary, regional or dialectal variation, pronunciation, and natural spoken usage Experience with audio transcription, data labeling, linguistic annotation, quality assurance, or AI/ML data projects preferred Strong attention to detail and ability to identify subtle linguistic, transcription, or labeling errors Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Tamil Experience providing feedback, coaching, or leading teams is preferred Comfortable working independently and managing multiple project priorities Familiarity with Discord or similar online collaboration platforms Nice to Have Background in linguistics, translation, or language education Awareness of Tamil language use across the Canadian Tamil diaspora Prior experience in content quality assurance or data annotation platforms Why Join Us Lead a team on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs Fully remote and flexible work Shape how AI understands and processes spoken Tamil for millions of people Build specialized leadership and quality-assurance skills in AI data pipelines Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch

What you’ll do

Lead and support Tamil labelers and reviewers, providing linguistic guidance and ensuring accurate, consistent, high-quality transcription and labeling. Audit work, coach team members, clarify guidelines, communicate project updates, and collaborate with project managers to address quality and workflow issues.

Requirements

Native proficiency in Tamil and a strong understanding of its grammar, vocabulary, dialects, pronunciation, and natural spoken usage are required. Experience in transcription, data labeling, linguistic annotation, quality assurance, AI/ML data projects, or team leadership is preferred, along with strong communication, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently.

Benefits

• Fully Remote Work
• Flexible Work
• Potential for Ongoing Work and Contract Extension

Listed skills

• Project Coordination · Preferred
• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Attention to detail · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Performance Monitoring · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Tamil Language Proficiency
• Audio Transcription
• Linguistic Annotation
• Data Labeling
• Quality Assurance
• Team Leadership
• Coaching and Feedback
• Tamil Grammar and Vocabulary
• Dialectal Variation
• Pronunciation Analysis
• Attention to Detail
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Performance Monitoring
• Discord
• Project Coordination

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Data & Analytics
• Education

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