[Remote] Language Content Specialist/ AI Linguist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company that focuses on creating and managing software platforms for enterprise clients. They are seeking a Language Content Specialist/AI Linguist to work on natural language data labeling and ensure consistent data annotation across various modalities.


Responsibilities

  • Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
  • Solve complex problems – and learn new skills
  • Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
  • Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Applied Linguistics, Language Studies, Communication, Speech Processing, or a related field
  • Native or near-native proficiency across the language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing)
  • Strong listening, reading, and writing skills in English
  • Ability to strictly adhere to annotation guidelines and think analytically about units of language
  • Experience researching and applying {language placeholder} orthographic, stylistic, and formatting conventions to enforce consistent data annotation
  • 6+ months of natural language data labeling experience across multiple modalities (audio, text, image, video), including annotation, transcription, entity tagging, and quality assessment
  • Comfortable wearing headphones and performing transcription-type work for extended periods of time
  • Comfortable with the possibility of handling explicit or offensive language in annotation data

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • 5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State
  • 10-15 days of paid vacation time
  • 6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year
  • Ascendion Learning Management System

Company Overview

  • Ascendion is a trusted ally for enterprise business and technology leaders engineering the digital future. It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://ascendion.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Ascendion has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 172 in 2025, 193 in 2024, 93 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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