xAI AI Tutor role at xAI to train and refine Grok's voice and language capabilities in Amharic. Responsible for annotating audio, translating text, and collaborating on annotation tools.
Responsibilities
Annotate, label, and provide feedback on multilingual audio clips, voice recordings, and speech samples using proprietary tools.
Translate and localize text (UI copy, prompts, responses, and other content) from English into Amharic, with attention to accuracy, natural phrasing, and cultural fit.
Help produce clear, natural audio data that accurately captures linguistic and prosodic details such as intonation, rhythm, and accent.
Collaborate with technical staff to refine annotation guidelines and tools for handling accents, background noise, speech variation, and multilingual audio.
Qualification
Native proficiency in AmharicVoice recordingBackground in linguisticsLOCATION AND OTHER EXPECTATIONS
Required
Proficiency in Amharic at CEFR C1 level or higher.
English proficiency at CEFR B2 level or higher.
Preferred
Native proficiency in Amharic.
English proficiency at CEFR C1 level or higher.
Experience in one or more of the following areas:
Advanced transcription or audio annotation, with strong attention to accents, prosody, disfluencies, and variable recording quality.
Translation or localization work (especially UI, product copy, or conversational text) between English and Amharic.
Voice recording, voice acting, podcasting, or related audio production that demonstrates clear delivery and attention to sound quality.
Background in linguistics, phonetics, speech sciences, or hands-on work with speech/audio datasets and AI training data.
