AI Tutor - Russian

ABOUT xAI xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. ABOUT THE ROLE: As an AI Tutor specialized in multilingual audio capabilities, you will contribute to xAI's mission by training and refining Grok to excel in voice interactions, speech recognition, and auditory experiences across diverse languages, accents, and cultural contexts. Your work will focus on curating and annotating high-quality audio data to enhance Grok's global accessibility, enabling natural spoken interactions for users worldwide, bridging language barriers through accurate speech processing, and improving the AI's handling of multilingual audio nuances. RESPONSIBILITIES: Use proprietary software to provide labels, annotations, recordings, and inputs on projects involving multilingual audio clips, voice recordings, speech samples, and auditory elements in various languages. Support the delivery of high-quality curated audio data that ensures clear, natural spoken output, accurate representation of linguistic and prosodic details (such as intonation, rhythm, and accent), and professional audio standards. Collaborate with technical staff to develop tasks that improve AI's ability to handle speech modulation, accent variation, noise in real-world recordings, and multilingual audio processing. Work with technical staff to improve annotation tools for efficient audio workflows. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Native proficiency in Russian with exposure to diverse accents, dialects, or regional variations. Proficiency in English (minimum B2 level) with clear, natural vocal delivery and pronunciation suitable for audio recording purposes. Strong auditory perception to identify nuances in speech, accents, pronunciation, intonation, and audio quality across languages. Demonstrated ability to handle multilingual audio content, including evaluating speech accuracy, cultural vocal expressions, and contextual interpretation in spoken form. Demonstrated ability to transcribe audio with high accuracy across accents and varying audio quality. Comfort providing high-quality voice recordings and feedback on audio samples in multiple languages. Strong comprehension skills and the ability to make independent judgments on ambiguous or varied audio material, including noisy or accented speech. Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, detail-oriented, and organizational skills, with the ability to articulate audio-related feedback effectively. Commitment to developing AI that masters sophisticated multilingual audio capabilities. PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Demonstration of exceptional attention to linguistic nuance, auditory detail, and data quality beyond standard transcription work. Deep understanding and taste of what good/useful Audio data is. Strong command of advanced transcription and annotation practices, including handling disfluencies, accents, and prosodic features (intonation, stress, rhythm, emotion, etc) with high consistency and accuracy. Background in linguistics (e.g., phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics), speech sciences, cognitive science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with demonstrated ability to analyze accent variation, pronunciation differences, and multilingual speech patterns. Experience working with speech/audio datasets, annotation work