Gulf Arabic/Bahraini Language Specialist - Part time contract (Must be based in UK)

PolyAI automates customer service through lifelike voice assistants that let customers lead a conversation. Our voice assistants make it possible for businesses to deliver outstanding customer service that rivals their human agents. Our customers, which include the world’s leading logos, are expanding how they use our platform, driving automation of critical customer service operations and integrating PolyAI into their daily customer service workflows. PolyAI automates customer service through lifelike voice assistants that let customers lead a conversation. Our voice assistants make it possible for businesses to deliver outstanding customer service that rivals their human agents. Our customers, which include the world’s leading logos, are expanding how they use our platform, driving automation of critical customer service operations and integrating PolyAI into their daily customer service workflows. This will be on a part-time basis, 16 hours (2 consecutive 8 hour days) weekly commitment. Based on your preferred days, these will be set. The role is paid hourly. Your responsibilities will involve: Improving the language understanding module by providing high-quality sentence training examples Updating system prompts based on client requests Managing and uploading voice recordings Testing conversational systems extensively before go-live Reviewing customer calls and flagging problematic conversations to the team Working with Software Engineers and Dialogue Designers to produce the best conversational UX and the highest call containment. Minimum Requirements: You are a native/fluent Bahraini(preferred)/Gulf(acceptable) Arabic speaker You have a professional working proficiency in English (we have an international team, but English is our shared language) You are a great communicator and enjoy working in a diverse team You are meticulous and have an eye for detail You have a can-do attitude and have a high standard for your own work You are passionate about great user experiences and want to deliver the best UX to the customers You are interested in natural language understanding technologies and curious about how advanced conversational artificial intelligence is changing contact centres Preferred Requirements: Ability to work within UK working hours. Experience in natural language technologies and a rough understanding of how they work Experience in translation and/or linguistics Experience in data science and related areas Experience in tech industries and understanding of how the software works Experience in working with startups before Experience in jobs that involves language skills, such as linguistics, translation, scripting writing, etc At PolyAI, we take great pride in our values - they guide everything we do. We believe that a strong culture leads to meaningful work and lasting impact. Our core values are: Only the best We expect the best from our people, we hire people that expect the best from themselves, and we nurture this drive for excellence. Ownership We care deeply about what we do. We take ownership of our initiatives, decisions and outcomes. Relentlessly improve We demand more from ourselves and are always evolving. Continuous, obsessive improvement is the only way we will transform the world of conversational AI. Bias for action Our world moves quickly and so do we. We take calculated risks and we deliver impact fast. Disagree and commit We are all working toward the same goal. If we donʼt agree with something, we work hard to understand it and when a decision is made, we accept it and give it our all. Build for people We want the world to enjoy the experiences they have with us. We are building for a future that prefers automation. PolyAI is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions at PolyAI will be based on the business needs without attention t ... (truncated, view full listing at source)