Language Lead - French (Contract)

About CartesiaOur mission is to architect AI that learns from and interacts with the world like humans do.We're pioneering the model architectures that will make this possible. Our founding team met as PhDs at the Stanford AI Lab, where we invented State Space Models or SSMs, a new primitive for training efficient, large-scale foundation models. Our team combines deep expertise in model innovation and systems engineering paired with a design-minded product engineering team to build and ship cutting edge models and experiences.We're funded by leading investors at Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with Factory, Conviction, A Star, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Databricks and others. We're fortunate to have the support of many amazing advisors, and 90+ angels across many industries, including the world's foremost experts in AI.OverviewWe are seeking native-level French speakers with a linguistics background to serve as the primary language resource for voice AI in their language. You will be the trusted point of contact for all questions, quality decisions, and language-specific work related to French.This is not a standard annotation engagement. You will own your la