Ukrainian Language Expert

About this role

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Ukrainian Language Specialist (SME) to review AI-generated Ukrainian content and/or create high-quality Ukrainian 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, ambiguity, and logical consistency; fact-check claims when needed; write high-quality rewrites and model answers; and rate and compare multiple AI responses.

Translation Quality Review, Tone & Register, Cultural Context

Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Ukrainian answers across multiple domains (general knowledge, customer support, education, conversational writing).
• Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone match, and cultural appropriateness.
• Ensure Model Integrity: Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, and policy-risk language; validate reliability across use cases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Ukrainian/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field.
• Native or near-native Ukrainian proficiency (reading and writing required).
• Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English.
• 3+ years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work.
• Deep understanding of Ukrainian grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style.