Intern – Language Research & AI Data Annotation

Job Description & Requirements

What You Will Do

Language Research & Evaluation:

• Language research: Investigate linguistic characteristics of target languages — phonological patterns, morphology, pragmatics, regional variation, and code-switching behaviors.
• Localization analysis: Identify how language use differs across regions, registers, and cultural contexts; document findings to guide model adaptation.
• Pronunciation & phonetic work: Analyse and annotate pronunciation characteristics, prosodic patterns, and phonetic variation for speech-related tasks.
• Text & audio annotation: Label data for tasks such as semantic classification, grammaticality judgements, sentiment, discourse structure, and speaker intent.
• Language model evaluation: Assess AI-generated language outputs for fluency, accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and task fit; write detailed feedback to drive model improvement.

Vision Annotation & Labelling:

• Image annotation: Label objects, scenes, attributes, and spatial relationships in images.
• Video annotation: Track objects across frames, annotate actions and events, and label temporal sequences according to project-specific guidelines.
• Visual quality assurance: Review annotated image and video data for consistency and accuracy; resolve ambiguities against labelling guidelines.
• Cross-modal work: Annotate data where language and vision intersect — such as image captioning evaluation, visual question answering, or OCR output review in target languages.

Across Both Streams:

• Guideline development: Collaborate with the team to refine annotation SOPs and evaluation metrics; use your linguistic and domain knowledge to resolve edge cases.
• Quality & consistency: Cross-check annotated data before submission; flag systematic errors and propose corrections.

Who we're looking for

Required:

• Pursuing or recently completed a degree in Linguistics, Language Studies, Translation, Communication, or a related field — with strong academic results.
• Native or near-native proficiency in one or more of our target languages: Malay, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, or English.
• Solid grounding in core linguistic concepts — phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics.
• Strong analytical reading and writing skills; ability to produce clear, structured written assessments.
• High attention to nuance — comfortable making fine-grained distinctions in language use and visual content.
• Able to follow detailed annotation guidelines and flag ambiguities systematically.

Preferred:

• Exposure to computational linguistics, NLP, or computer vision — coursework, projects, or self-study counts.
• Experience with transcription, translation, subtitling, localization, or language teaching.
• Prior experience with image or video annotation tasks (object detection, segmentation, action labelling).
• Familiarity with annotation tools such as Label Studio, Labelbox, Prodigy, SuperAnnotate, or similar platforms.
• Interest in phonetics, sociolinguistics, or cross-cultural communication.
• Multilingual ability — particularly in dialects or regional varieties of target languages.
• Available for a long-term, full-time, on-site internship.