Khalid Rind
English Literature Graduate · AI Trainer · Literary Analysis · Failure-Mode Evaluation
English Literature graduate and practising AI trainer who challenges language models on literary reasoning — thematic interpretation, narrative structure, symbolism and close reading — documents reproducible failure modes, and writes structured, metacognitive feedback that improves prompts and evaluation criteria. I run a multi-model workflow (Claude, Gemini, Grok) whose entire discipline is catching confident-but-wrong output and grounding every claim in the text. Foundation: English Literature (reading & writing), Law (rigorous analysis), and government-trained evidence-first habits. Honest framing for this brief: a strong close reader and red-teamer, not a postgraduate literary-theory academic — I defer to specialist scholars at the frontier of formal theory and flag, rather than bluff, what I can't ground.
Experience
Founder · AI Trainer & Evaluation Lead — NeuraNest AI
Nov 2024 – Present · Melbourne (remote)
- Red-team and evaluate large language models daily across Claude, Gemini and Grok — designing adversarial prompts, documenting reproducible failure modes, and writing structured feedback to improve reasoning quality.
- Built and maintain an anti-hallucination discipline ("the Rind Standard"): every model claim is verified against a source before it ships — the core habit a literary-accuracy reviewer needs.
- Produce close-reading and analytical writing for client work, translating complex material into clear, evidence-backed narrative.
- Operate a dual-machine AI stack (Mac Pro inference engine + Windows orchestrator) on secure high-speed internet.
Data Support Officer — Revenue NSW · State Government of NSW
Jun 2023 – Oct 2024
- Worked with detailed records to hard deadlines under strict accuracy and source-verification discipline — the rigour literary-fact-checking demands.
- Delivered high-volume analytical work independently with minimal supervision.
Support Officer & Digital Champion — Services Australia · DFAT · AEC · DVA
Jan 2022 – Mar 2023
- Explained complex policy and systems clearly to diverse audiences across four federal agencies — practised "show your reasoning" communication.
- Recognised as Digital Champion for analytical initiative and improving workflows.
IT Consultant — Cyber Smart Australia
2018 – 2022
- Advised SME clients; researched and translated technical material into plain-language, well-structured recommendations.
Skills
Literary analysis
Close reading · thematic interpretation · narrative structure · symbolism · genre convention · authorial style
AI training
Adversarial prompting · failure-mode taxonomy · reproducible error traces · evaluation rubrics · prompt & criteria feedback
Verification
Fact & citation checking · coherence review · catching false confidence · grounding claims in text
Communication
Metacognitive "show your work" reasoning · structured analytical writing · clear feedback for model teams
Education
Bachelor of English Literature — close reading & writing foundation
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) — analytical & structured reasoning
Advanced Diploma in Computer Science (New Trends)
Certificate IV in Cyber Security — TAFE Australia
AWS Cloud Essentials (2023) · Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (2023)
Engagement & availability
Freelance · fully remote · contractor-supplied secure compute & high-speed internet
Available immediately · works to evaluation guidelines & calibration · flexible async hours