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Hi, I’m Sélim Pognante, an AI trainer and data annotator specializing in LLM enhancements, RLHF, and SFT. I work in both French and English, building rubric-based prompts and evaluations to improve AI systems. I love translating complex ideas into practical prompts and clear feedback loops for safer, more helpful AI. I bring experience in translation, prompt optimization, and language-model design, plus hands-on freelance work in book translations, quality control, and voice acting. I’m passionate about AI innovation and clear communication, and I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver robust AI solutions.…Hi, I’m Sélim Pognante, an AI trainer and data annotator specializing in LLM enhancements, RLHF, and SFT. I work in both French and English, building rubric-based prompts and evaluations to improve AI systems. I love translating complex ideas into practical prompts and clear feedback loops for safer, more helpful AI. I bring experience in translation, prompt optimization, and language-model design, plus hands-on freelance work in book translations, quality control, and voice acting. I’m passionate about AI innovation and clear communication, and I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver robust AI solutions.

Sélim Pognante

AI Prompt Engineer, Audio Transcriber, Voice Actor, +7

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Hi, I’m Sélim Pognante, an AI trainer and data annotator specializing in LLM enhancements, RLHF, and SFT. I work in both French and English, building rubric-based prompts and evaluations to improve AI systems. I love translating complex ideas into practical prompts and clear feedback loops for safer, more helpful AI. I bring experience in translation, prompt optimization, and language-model design, plus hands-on freelance work in book translations, quality control, and voice acting. I’m passionate about AI innovation and clear communication, and I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver robust AI solutions.…Hi, I’m Sélim Pognante, an AI trainer and data annotator specializing in LLM enhancements, RLHF, and SFT. I work in both French and English, building rubric-based prompts and evaluations to improve AI systems. I love translating complex ideas into practical prompts and clear feedback loops for safer, more helpful AI. I bring experience in translation, prompt optimization, and language-model design, plus hands-on freelance work in book translations, quality control, and voice acting. I’m passionate about AI innovation and clear communication, and I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver robust AI solutions.

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Hi, I’m Sélim Pognante, an AI trainer and data annotator specializing in LLM enhancements, RLHF, and SFT. I work in both French and English, building rubric-based prompts and evaluations to improve AI systems. I love translating complex ideas into practical prompts and clear feedback loops for safer, more helpful AI.

I bring experience in translation, prompt optimization, and language-model design, plus hands-on freelance work in book translations, quality control, and voice acting. I’m passionate about AI innovation and clear communication, and I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver robust AI solutions.

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Work Experience

AI Trainer for LLMs & QA at OutlierAI

June 20, 2024 - Present

Remote AI trainer focusing on LLMs & QA with RLHF & SFT; rubric-based prompts in French and English. Worked on Gemini 2.5 Pro and ChatGPT-4-mini-high RLHF projects. Designed and optimized 2000+ prompts to improve chatbot responses and user interaction. Verified and corrected 2000+ AI-generated responses (including inputs with images or voice). Refined 500+ prompts/responses for formula-based outputs in Google Sheets. Reviewed 500+ summary prompts/responses in PDFs/docs to ensure grounded and concise Gemini summaries. Audited 2000+ tasks and maintained an error rate below 3%.

Freelance Translator / QA Specialist at Upwork, ProZ, Fiverr (clients)

June 1, 2024 - June 1, 2024

Freelance English-to-French translation of books (200–1000 pages; 25+ titles); quality control of French articles; experience in voice acting with Pulse Labs AI (5+ books read aloud with clear pronunciation).

Remote AI Trainer for LLM projects at OutlierAI

June 1, 2024 - November 25, 2025

Remote AI trainer for LLM projects. Conducted comparative analyses of Gemini 2.5 and ChatGPT-04-mini-high across 200+ tasks (STEM, non-STEM, CS); designed and optimized over 2000 prompts to improve chatbot responses and user interaction; verified and corrected 2000+ AI-generated responses involving inputs with images or voice; refined 500+ prompts/responses requiring formulaic outputs in Google Sheets; audited 2000+ tasks to maintain an error rate below 3%.

Freelance Translator / Localization Specialist at Upwork / ProZ / Fiverr

November 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024

French freelancer translating English books into French (200–1000 pages per book, 25+ books). Quality control of French articles. Voice acting experience with Pulse Labs AI (5+ books read vocally).

OWEM Apprentice (Organization and Work Environment Manager) at La Poste Saint-Jean-de-Vergès

November 1, 2022 - November 1, 2022

Help mail carriers adapt to sudden drops in mail volumes; design route architectures adapted to new traffic patterns; present different scenarios for improved workflow and safety.

OWEM Apprentice (Organization and Work Environment Manager) at La Poste

November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2022

Help mail carriers adapt to sudden drops in mail volumes. Design route architectures adapted to new traffic patterns. Present different scenarios to optimize operations.

Radio Design Technician at Alsatis Toulouse

September 1, 2020 - September 1, 2020

Developed an optimized radio architecture ensuring 99.95% network robustness; conducted LTE (4G) coverage projects for target buildings; collaborated with RF engineer, site manager and draughtswoman to deliver robust telecom solutions.

Radio Design Technician at Alsatis Toulouse

September 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020

Developed an optimized radio architecture, ensuring 99.95% network robustness and enabling successful responses to multiple tenders. Conducted LTE (4G) coverage projects for target buildings. Collaborated in a team with a radio engineer, site manager, and draughtswoman.