About This Role

Interview language: English

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Telugu Language Specialist (SME) to review AI-generated Telugu content and/or create high-quality Telugu reference content, evaluating language quality and step-by-step reasoning while providing precise written feedback. You will assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural appropriateness, and adherence to the prompt; identify errors in meaning, mistranslation, register (formal vs informal), ambiguity, and logical consistency; fact-check claims when needed; write high-quality rewrites and model answers that demonstrate best practices in Telugu writing; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality.

This role is with SME Careers, a quick-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs.



Your Telugu expertise directly helps improve the world’s premier AI models by making their Telugu language output more natural, reliable, culturally accurate, and clearly written.

Your profile

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Telugu/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
Native or near-native Telugu proficiency (reading and writing required).
Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English.
3+ years of qualified experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work.
Deep understanding of Telugu grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.
Comfortable handling multiple registers (formal/informal), regional variation (e.g., Andhra Pradesh vs Telangana usage), and audience adaptation (India vs diaspora).

📌 Telugu Language Expert (India)
🏢 Braintrust
📍 India