Innodata Inc.

Innodata Inc.

Data & Annotation Engineer

Hybrid - Washington D.C

No sponsorship$55k-$60kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role

  • As the Data/Annotation Engineer, you'll be hands-on with the data itself.
  • You'll work with the AI Solutions Engineer to ensure the data going into our models is accurate, well-labeled, and fully traceable.
  • This role is for someone detail-obsessed who understands that great AI starts with disciplined, well-governed data.

Responsibilities

  • Receive, validate, ingest, and ontology-map the ODIN mission-aligned corpus from AFS delivery
  • Support QA/Evaluation Lead on QC execution and corpus annotation dry-runs
  • Evaluation design for AI/ML training data: IAA methodology, drift detection, model performance measurement

Requirements

  • 5+ years total professional experience, 3+ years in data engineering or annotation operations
  • CVAT - deployment and day-to-day operation required
  • Candidates must be genuinely comfortable operating CVAT at production quality against a mission dataset under a milestone deadline
  • Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or related field preferred. Equivalent experience may substitute for degree on a 2-for-1 basis.
  • CVAT - deployment and day-to-day operation required; this is not a nice-to-have
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field required; Master's degree preferred. Equivalent experience may substitute for degree on a 2-for-1 basis

Nice to have

  • Master's degree preferred.
  • Equivalent experience may substitute for degree on a 2-for-1 basis
  • CVAT annotation platform - AI feature configuration and operation
  • Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or related field preferred.

Skills

  • Video understanding or FMV annotation experience
  • DataCard or ML data provenance framework familiarity

Compensation

  • The expected hourly salary range for this position is $55 to $60 p/hour, based on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Benefits

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field required; Master's degree preferred.

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