Job Description
About Arctic Engine: Arctic Engines is an enterprise-grade Al human data operations company specializing in high-quality training data, RLHF, and human feedback pipelines for frontier Al models. We are part of the Apna Group, one of India's fastest-growing unicorns, backed by marquee investors such as Lightspeed, Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Peak XV, and others. With native access to Apna's 60M+ workforce, we deliver high-quality training data at unmatched scale and speed. Job Summary: We are looking for skilled Hindi Transcribers to support a large-scale conversational voice data project for training AI speech models. You will transcribe natural, unscripted Hindi conversations covering topics such as Finance, Travel, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and more. Selection Process - Application Screening - 2-3 minute Hindi transcription skill test - Evaluation & Shortlisting - NDA + Onboarding - Production Assignment Compensation Payment is based on approved transcription output, with rates shared during onboarding. High-performing contributors may be considered for ongoing projects and QA/Reviewer opportunities. Requirements Key Responsibilities - Accurately transcribe conversational audio verbatim in Hindi script - Preserve fillers, repetitions, stutters, false starts, and natural speech patterns - Handle Odia-English/Hindi code-switching, regional accents, and colloquial speech - Identify and tag unintelligible speech, overlapping speech, background noise, and other audio issues - Follow project-specific transcription and formatting guidelines - Maintain 97%+ transcription accuracy and meet assigned TATs - Review and correct work based on QA/reviewer feedback Requirements - Native or near-native proficiency in Hindi, with excellent reading and writing skills - 1-3+ years of experience in transcription, subtitling, captioning, speech annotation, or similar work preferred - Strong Hindi typing skills; 40+ WPM preferred - Excellent listening skills and attention to detail - Comfortable working with natural, unscripted, multi-speaker conversations - Experience handling multilingual/code-switched audio is an advantage - Laptop/desktop, reliable internet, and good-quality headphones are required Preferred Skills Hindi Fluency | Verbatim Transcription | Hindi Typing | Listening Skills | Attention to Detail | Audio Annotation | Code-Switching | Quality Focus | TAT Management Confidentiality: An NDA must be signed before accessing project audio and transcription materials.