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.
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