Encord

Human Data Operations Strategist

San Francisco

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 92 days ago

PythonSQLMachine LearningComputer VisionLLMsProject ManagementAuditingMentoring

About the role

As a Human Data Operations Strategist, you will play a critical role in managing and optimising data annotation and machine learning workflows for our clients.
You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including clients, annotation specialists, and machine learning engineers, to ensure high-quality data is available for AI models.

Act as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them design and implement the best data annotation workflow for their human annotation process
Provide guidance and feedback to the annotation team, ensuring team members are equipped with the context and skills needed to perform high-quality work aligned with project requirements and best practices
Work closely with product and engineering teams to drive improvements in AI training data processes, tools, and methodologies
Analytically rigorous and comfortable with ambiguity - you break down complex operational challenges from first principles and build clear, actionable plans to solve them
Proven ability to own complex, multi-stakeholder workflows end-to-end - from scoping and planning through execution, quality assurance, and iteration

Working proficiency in Python or SQL, with the ability to query data, automate workflows, or audit annotation outputs

Competitive salary, commission, and meaningful equity in a high-growth start-up
Oversee data annotation projects, translating complex AI and machine learning requirements into clear workflows and instructions for data annotation teams
Passionate about AI and machine learning, with genuine curiosity about how data quality and operations underpin model performance
Entrepreneurial and collaborative - you thrive in fast-paced environments and take ownership without waiting to be told what to do
Flexible PTO to fully recharge
18 paid vacation days in the U.S. plus federal holidays
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300+ AI teams train and run models on the right data. Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production.
Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more. We're an ambitious team of 100+ working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.
The role
As a Human Data Operations Strategist, you will play a critical role in managing and optimising data annotation and machine learning workflows for our clients. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including clients, annotation specialists, and machine learning engineers, to ensure high-quality data is available for AI models.
Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300+ AI teams train and run models on the right data.
Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production.
Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more.
We're an ambitious team of 100+ working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.
Annual learning & development budget

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