Greetings from LeadStack! Hope you are doing well and staying safe! We have an immediate contract position with our direct client in Palo Alto, CA

If you are interested and available, please respond with your resume ASAP and suggest some times when I can call you.

LeadStack Inc. is an award-winning, one of the nation's fastest-growing, certified minority-owned (MBE) staffing services provider of contingent workforce.

As a recognized industry leader in contingent workforce solutions and Certified as a Great Place to Work, we're proud to partner with some of the most admired Fortune 500 brands in the world.

Title : Data Annotation Specialist

Location : Palo Alto, CA

Duration : 9 months contract

Rate : $38-41 / hr

Job Description :

• Label data for time-sensitive, business-critical projects.
• Create evaluation data sets in conjunction with product engineering teams so researchers can develop their models with metrics that closely align with key business metrics.
• Perform "human evaluation and "red teaming on our models in circumstances where automatic evaluation isn't yet development or not applicable.
• Prototype new labeling tasks and data annotation techniques (e.g. synthetic data generation) prior to scaling them further with vendors or professional services.

This will reduce the time to market for our AI-powered products and reduce costs by eliminating wastage from prematurely scaling new investments in data labeling.

• Audit the quality of data from
• third party vendors, e.g. scale.ai and client's professional services.
• Verifying the quality of data prior to training our models is the responsibility of the AI research team.

Responsibilities :

• Accurately label machine learning data through various methods to refine AI models. This will primarily involve annotating large volumes of textual data according to predefined guidelines.
• Collaborate with team members to identify improvements to the labeling interface or labeling processes in order to drive efficiency and high-quality.
• Complete assignments by deadlines while meeting team expectations and goals.

Required Skills / Experience :

• Bachelor's degree in English, Literature, Creative Writing, Journalism, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Proficiency in reading comprehension and possessive of strong writing skills, with the ability to understand and interpret complex and diverse texts.
• Ability to work independently, follow instructions, manage time effectively, and meet deadlines in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, uncertainty, and changing priorities with limited resources.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Quick learner and self-starter with strong problem-solving skills.

To know more about current opportunities at LeadStack, please visit us at https : / / leadstackinc.com / careers /

Should you have any questions, feel free to call me on or send an email on akhil.dhingra@leadstackinc.com or 415-873-3646.

Thank you for taking a look at this job opportunity. If it's not a right match, we'd appreciate a referral.

Take care and I hope you have a great day!

Akhil Dhingra

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Last updated : 2024-04-23