About Kaya

Kaya by Chemin Sdn Bhd is a community for high-performing data annotators who play an integral role in shaping the future of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Kaya offers a collaborative environment where ambitious annotators can thrive. It is a tight-knit community that supports members’ professional growth and helps them build a long-term career in data labelling and AI.

Join Kaya and start contributing to impactful AI projects.

About the Role

We are looking for fluent Spanish-English bilingual speakers to join a short-term remote project helping train multilingual AI language systems.

In this project, you will record natural bilingual conversations based on client-provided scripts and transcribe your recordings accurately. The conversations reflect how people naturally switch between Spanish and English in everyday situations, helping AI better understand real-world multilingual speech across different Spanish variants.

If you're comfortable working with audio, detail-oriented, and can commit a few hours a day, this project is for you.

Requirements

What You'll Be Doing

• Record natural bilingual conversations by following client-provided scripts
• Transcribe your own recordings accurately
• Segment audio into natural speech units
• Identify and label speakers when multiple voices are present
• Apply transcription guidelines, punctuation, and annotation tags correctly
• Follow project guidelines to maintain high-quality outputs
• Communicate actively with the Project Manager for clarifications

Project Details

Duration: Approximately 2 months

Time commitment: Around 4–6 hours per day

Onboarding Training: Mandatory (TBD,  during office hours 9:00 AM–6:00 PM GMT-3)

Working hours: Flexible (tasks can be completed anytime before the assigned deadline)

Pay Rate

• Audio Collection: USD 1 per accepted audio minute
• Transcription: USD 2 per accepted task (AHT: ~30–60 minutes per task)
• Project Period: July – August 2026

We are looking for bilingual speakers of the following Spanish varieties:

• Mexican Spanish-English
• Puerto Rican Spanish-English
• U.S. Bilingual Spanish-English (Spanglish)
• Dominican Spanish-English
• Central American Spanish-English

What matters most for this role is your ability to naturally understand, speak, and transcribe real-life bilingual Spanish-English conversations.

What Do I Need?

• Native speaker of one of the regional Spanish varieties listed above
• Fluent in both Spanish and English
• English proficiency of at least B2 level to communicate effectively throughout the project and understand project guidelines
• Comfortable speaking and understanding natural Spanish-English code-switching
• Strong listening, reading, and writing skills in both Spanish and English
• Detail-oriented and patient, able to maintain at least 95% accuracy
• Willing to ask questions when unsure
• Quiet environment suitable for recording audio
• Laptop or desktop with a stable internet connection
• Ability to manage your own time and meet deadlines
• Complete a pre-assessment as part of the screening process, complete the pre-assessment here: https://forms.gle/KdYH6aSwJUuQxFTt5 

Bonus point: Previous experience in transcription, audio annotation, data labelling, or AI-related projects.

Benefits

• Work remotely from anywhere
• Be part of an AI project representing real bilingual Spanish-English conversations across different regional Spanish varieties
• Priority consideration for future opportunities
• Gain hands-on experience in AI language data, transcription, and audio annotation
• Contribute to building smarter and more inclusive multilingual AI technologies