Senior Sign Language Specialist (ASL)

Location: Canada (Remote Only)

Company

Provides language services for Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, including sign language interpreting, captioning, translation, and communication technologies.

What you will do

• Maintain and expand the ASL sign dictionary, including new entries, regional and register variants, and disputed-entry resolution.
• Annotate ASL video using advanced gloss conventions, classifier predicates, non-manual markers, role shift, and prosody.
• Partner with AI/ML engineering teams to define linguistic requirements, review model outputs, and document edge cases.
• Evaluate text-to-sign avatar output for grammatical accuracy, naturalness, and cultural appropriateness using standardized rubrics.
• Lead weekly linguistic calibration sessions and maintain gloss, classifier, and annotation documentation.
• Mentor Sign Language Specialists and maintain accurate annotation records and decision logs.

Requirements

• Canada-based remote work is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in ASL Linguistics, Deaf Studies, ASL Studies, Interpreting, Deaf Education, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of substantive professional ASL experience in annotation, linguistics, interpreting, Deaf education, or a comparable area.
• Bilingual ASL and English proficiency is required, including professional English transcription from ASL source content.
• Deep knowledge of ASL linguistics, experience with ASL content annotation, strong written English, and familiarity with computer-based annotation and collaboration tools.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively; regular and predictable attendance is required.

Nice to have

• Graduate degree in ASL Linguistics, Linguistics, Deaf Studies, Interpreting, Deaf Education, or a related field.
• ASL as a primary or native language.
• Experience with ELAN, CVAT, or comparable annotation platforms.
• Experience with AI/ML teams, signed avatars, annotation guidelines, lexicography, sign language corpora, or mentoring annotators.
• Familiarity with PSE, SEE, and other North American signing varieties.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work environment with the ability to sit or stand for extended periods.
• Travel requirements are limited to less than 25%; working-condition guidance specifies travel of up to 5%.
• Work across research, engineering, business, and peer specialist groups.
• Use standard productivity, documentation, project-management, and annotation tools.
• Employee values include customer focus, collective action, growth, ownership, and direct connection.