Remote Data Rater (Swedish) at Welocalize – Flexible — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This Data Rater role at Welocalize is highly nomad-friendly: it's fully remote, freelance, and completely async. There are no fixed hours or timezone requirements — you set your own schedule within a 5–15 hour weekly window, making it easy to fit around travel days, visa runs, or time zone changes.
Schedule flexibility: With no mandatory meetings or synchronous commitments mentioned, this role suits a nomadic lifestyle extremely well. Work from a café in Lisbon at noon or a co-working space in Chiang Mai at midnight — it doesn't matter.
Visa considerations: Since no country restriction is listed, Swedish-speaking nomads can work from virtually anywhere. Popular options include:
- Portugal D8 Digital Nomad Visa – ideal for stays longer than 90 days in the EU
- Thailand LTR or tourist visa – low cost of living, great nomad infrastructure
- Estonia e-Residency / Digital Nomad Visa – fitting given the location hint, and great for EU-based freelancers
Cost-of-living comparison at $10/hr (up to ~$600/month at 15 hrs/week):
- Medellín, Colombia: Comfortable budget living (~$800–1,200/mo) — this income supplements well as a side project
- Bangkok, Thailand: Basic living feasible at $700–1,000/mo — this role works as supplementary income
- Lisbon, Portugal: High COL (~$1,800+/mo) — not sufficient as a sole income source
Best treated as a supplementary income stream rather than a primary nomad salary.
OVERVIEW
Are you tech-savvy? Have a passion for quality? We are looking for Data Raters to work on projects aimed at advancing AI technologies. Join us for a unique chance to kickstart your career in the AI field!
This project is an excellent starting point for entry-level candidates. We offer comprehensive learning support, making it a great opportunity to gain experience in data annotation and data rating within the AI field—an industry currently in high demand for skilled specialists, especially those with expertise in localization and linguistic proficiency.
MAIN DUTIES:
- Follow guidelines to check the quality of filters and options in desktop and mobile views.
- Check if filters and options help customers make decisions or suggest good alternative products.
- Ensure filters and options match what customers are looking for based on their queries.
- Determine if the filters and options are relevant and reflect the customer's preferences.
- Review your assessments for accuracy and consistency.
Project Details
- Start Date: Immediately after completing the qualification process.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Schedule: 5–15 hours weekly; set your own schedule. This is a freelance opportunity; the workload is based on project needs. Weekly hours may vary.
- Employment Type: Freelance/Independent Contract
- Location: Remote
- Language: Swedish
- Pay Rate: $10/hour – Based on tasks completed
By applying, you'll become part of our Freelance community, opening doors to a range of projects tailored to your skills and availability, particularly highlighting localization and linguistic expertise.
Payment rates for future projects may vary, ensuring fair compensation that reflects your location, industry, and skill set.
Joining us means contributing to our current project and becoming part of our dynamic network.
This is a unique chance to enhance global user experiences and apply your language skills in meaningful ways.
Requirements
- Fully Proficient in Swedish
- Proficient in English
- Web-savvy and able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Preferably, prior experience or familiarity with Relevance tasks and expertise in e-commerce searches/websites.
- Excellent online research skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to conduct thorough research within specified time constraints and effectively managing short throughputs.
- Reliable computer system and internet connection
- Must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement to protect client confidentiality
- Completion of a language assessment, training, and a mandatory quality test is required prior to starting work.
Additional Information
When you join Welocalize, you have the opportunity to bring your career to the next level:
- Receive steady volume of work and long-term partnership (where applicable)
- Professional development: work on exciting projects that will empower you to keep learning and growing
- Work with a multicultural, international team with a great variety of documents and content types
- 24-hour, 6-day-a-week support from our Community team
If this opportunity sounds appealing to you, apply below.
As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com
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