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Military Writing Specialist
Are you interested in teaching next-gen AI models to write about defense-related topics?
About the Opportunity:
Scale's public sector business is growing rapidly, with significant growth powered by customer demand for Donovan, Scale’s AI LLM platform for defense. At Scale, when it comes to performant large language models (LLMs) designed for defense, we know that domain specialists power these AI tools. As a Military Writing Specialist, you will be responsible for producing and grading written content that will train AI models for government use cases.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of AI-powered writing for the U.S. government!
Responsibilities:
- Train AI models by crafting and answering questions related to intelligence, operations, logistics, or other similar military disciplines and domains
- Leverage your domain expertise to evaluate and critique corpora of text produced and written by AI systems
- Attend regular training sessions for upskilling and quality alignment on writing projects
- Integrate feedback from expert instructors into your written work
Minimum qualifications:
- 5 years minimum experience in military occupation specialties related to planning, logistics, or intelligence
- Experience writing professionally using military and formal Department of Defense writing styles
- Ability to work 20-40 hours per week
- Resume submission detailing your military experience
Compensation, Duration, and Benefits:
- Compensation: $26/hour based on experience and qualifications
- 6-month contract (possibility to renew)
- Remote or Hybrid Office Schedule, depending on performance
Interview Process
The interview process for this role will consist of 5 steps:
- (1) Submission of your resume and writing samples
- (2) Phone screen with a recruiter/hiring manager
- (3) Submission of a take-home assessment
- (4) Behavioral and Quality interviews
- (5) Outcome
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The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of St. Louis is:
$26—$26 USD
PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.
About Us:
At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how organizations build and deploy AI. Our products power the world's most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, government agencies like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and enterprises including GM and Accenture. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
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