Bengali Language Expert

About the Bengali Language Expert Role at North Star Staffing

North Star Staffing is seeking a Bengali Audio Generalist Evaluator for a client's high-impact AI research initiative. This role focuses on multilingual audio and language model evaluation, contributing to the training and benchmarking of advanced language models in Bengali.

This is a short-term, structured independent contractor engagement, ideal for candidates possessing strong analytical skills and exceptional written-language precision in Bengali.

Location Requirements

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in one of the following locations:

• United Kingdom
• United States
• Singapore

Work authorization requirements may apply depending on project needs.

Role Overview

As a Bengali Language Expert, you will transcribe, evaluate, and benchmark Bengali audio content. Your work will be crucial in defining quality standards and improving AI-generated outputs, requiring close attention to linguistic nuance, formatting precision, and structured analytical reasoning.

Key Responsibilities

• Transcription & Optimization: Listen to and transcribe Bengali audio and video content, producing high-quality written outputs in Bengali (with English support when required). Ensure strict adherence to formatting and stylistic constraints, capturing tone, intent, and relevant regional language variations.
• Evaluation Standards & Rubrics: Develop and document evaluation criteria for high-quality Bengali outputs, creating grading rubrics in Bengali and English. Identify linguistic edge cases, ambiguities, and dialectal nuances, ensuring consistency across reviewers and model evaluations.
• Model Testing & Grading: Run structured prompts through language models, evaluating outputs for accuracy, completeness, fluency, and instruction alignment. Provide structured written feedback to improve model performance.
• Quality Assurance & Benchmarking: Participate in QA and review cycles, maintaining dataset quality before integration into benchmarking systems. Collaborate with project leads to clarify guidelines and improve task design.

Required Qualifications

• Native or near-native proficiency in Bengali (spoken and written)
• Professional fluency in English
• Strong writing, editing, and analytical skills
• Ability to accurately transcribe and analyze general consumer audio content
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Availability for 10–20 hours per week

Preferred Qualifications

• Academic background in linguistics, humanities, social sciences, journalism, or technical disciplines
• Prior experience in transcription, annotation, localization, evaluation, or research workflows
• Familiarity with Bengali dialects and regional speech patterns
• Interest in AI systems and language model research

Engagement Details

• Independent contractor engagement
• Fully remote with flexible scheduling
• Weekly payments via supported platforms
• Project duration may vary based on performance and business needs
• Structured onboarding process

Application Process

Complete a short AI-led interview (approximately 15 minutes). Selected candidates will be onboarded and invited to begin project work.

Key skills/competency

• Bengali Language Proficiency
• English Fluency
• Transcription
• Linguistic Analysis
• AI Model Evaluation
• Data Annotation
• Quality Assurance
• Attention to Detail
• Analytical Reasoning
• Cultural Nuance