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Language Services Specialist

AppenPosted 5/1/2025

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Language Services Specialist

Appen

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Salary Range

6k - 6k EUR / YEAR

Job Summary

Appen is seeking a Language Services Specialist to work remotely in Germany. As a key member of the team, you will run and interpret analysis reports, provide data-driven insights, and support content quality reviews. You will also review content in your native language (Spanish or German) and assist with quality assurance tasks as needed. The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Philosophy, Cognitive Science, or Foreign languages, is a native speaker of Spanish (Spain) or German (Germany), and has strong organizational skills and attention to detail. With a 9-month contract, you will have the opportunity to work with a global crowd of over 1M contributors and contribute to the development of cutting-edge AI models. Appen offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for continuous learning and career growth.

Job Description

About Appen 
Appen has been a leader in AI training data for over 25 years, providing high-quality, diverse datasets that power the world's leading AI models. Our end-to-end platform, deep expertise, and scalable human-in-the-loop services enable AI innovators to build and optimize cutting-edge models. 
We specialize in creating bespoke, human-generated data to train, fine-tune, and evaluate AI models across multiple domains, including generative AI, large language models (LLMs), computer vision, speech recognition, and more. Our solutions support critical AI functions such as supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF), model evaluation, and bias mitigation. 
Our advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform, combined with a global crowd of more than 1M contributors in over 200 countries, ensures the delivery of accurate and diverse datasets. Our commitment to quality, scalability, and ethical AI practices makes Appen a trusted partner for enterprises aiming to develop and deploy effective AI solutions. 
At Appen, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We value curiosity, accountability, and a commitment to delivering the highest-quality AI solutions. We support work-life balance with flexible work arrangements and a dynamic, results-driven environment. Employees have access to competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for continuous learning and career growth.  
Our team works closely with the world’s top technology companies and enterprises, tackling exciting challenges and shaping the future of artificial intelligence. 
Key Responsibilities
Run and interpret analysis reports (training provided)
Provide data-driven insights and support content quality reviews
Participate in team meetings and collaborate with the client’s team
Review content in your native language (Spanish or German)
Assist with quality assurance tasks as needed
Basic Requirements
Native speaker of Spanish (Spain) or German (Germany).
Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Philosophy, Cognitive Science, or Foreign languages.
Professional working proficiency in English
Comfortable working independently with minimal supervision
Ability to identifying linguistic ambiguity, and other inaccuracies in linguistic data, as well as identify basic parts of speech, and produce reports of analyzed data.
Able to learn and navigate proprietary company platforms and software
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Commitment to a 9-month contract (includes 2-3 weeks onboarding)
Preferred Qualifications
Fluency or native proficiency in one of these additional languages: French or Italian.
Experience with linguistic annotation
Familiarity with json, yaml, xml or other forms of text markup.
Ability to navigate a Unix terminal and use common command line tools
Experience with or within Appen is a plus
€5,500 - €6,000 a month