Portuguese Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

About this role

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Portuguese Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across Portuguese AI training projects. You will review AI-generated Portuguese content and trainer/QA work, evaluate output quality against project guidelines, provide precise written feedback, and ensure that all contributors follow the expected quality standards.

Localization QA, Trainer Feedback, LLM Evaluation

Responsibilities

• Spot-check Portuguese items, identify issues, provide feedback through DMs, and escalate recurring or critical issues.
• Update trainers/QAs on Discord about guidelines, project changes, workflow updates, and quality expectations.
• Respond to questions around Portuguese grammar, tone, regional usage, translation fidelity, terminology, and cultural context.
• DM inactive contributors, encourage activation, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues.
• Create and maintain Portuguese documentation, style guides, trackers, FAQs, examples, honeypots, and onboarding materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Portuguese, Linguistics, Translation, Communications, Journalism, English, Education, Quality Assurance, or a relevant domain/related field.
• Native or near-native Portuguese proficiency with strong reading and writing skills.
• Strong grasp of the English language to follow project guidelines, communicate with teams, and provide clear feedback in English.
• 3+ years of professional experience in Portuguese writing, editing, translation, localization, content QA, AI training, education, annotation, or related workflows.
• Strong understanding of Portuguese grammar, spelling, punctuation, tone, register, regional usage, cultural context, and Brazil-specific localization.