Audio Annotator

An established company is recruiting for the following position. Position Overview: - We are looking for detail-oriented and language-proficient individuals to join our AI Data team as Audio Annotators. - The successful candidate will be responsible for listening to, transcribing, labeling, and reviewing audio data in either English or Hausa. - This role supports the development of speech recognition and natural language processing systems. Key Responsibilities: - Annotate and label text data in English and Hausa according to project-specific guidelines (e.g., intent classification, entity tagging, sentiment, slot filling, etc.) - Review, validate, and refine AI-generated annotations to ensure high quality and consistency - Coordinate with NLP engineers and linguists to resolve ambiguous or complex annotation cases - Document annotation decisions, flag patterns or issues, and suggest improvements to guidelines - Perform quality assurance checks to maintain high inter-annotator agreement. Requirements: - Interested candidates should possess an HND / Bachelor`s Degree - Native or near-native fluency in both Hausa and English (written + spoken), with strong grammar and cultural nuance understanding - At least 0-2 years of experience in NLU, NLP, or data annotation role involving intents, entities, or conversational understanding - Strong linguistic background: familiarity with syntax, semantic roles,NER, etc.Attention to detail, critical thinking, and ability to work with large datasets - Experience with annotation tools/platforms (e.g., Labelbox, Prodigy, custom tools) is a plusDegree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, AI, or a related field is preferred.