Hiring: Data Annotation Engineer Company: Programmers.io Location: Louisville, KY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 18:02:23 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Compliance, Machine Learning, Python, R, SQL, TestNG About the job Experience: •5+ years of experience in program management, operations, quality assurance, data labeling, or related fields. Required Skills: •We are looking for an Annotation Program Lead to manage our AI Quality Annotation Program. This individual will oversee the operational execution of human review activities that establish the gold-standard datasets used to measure conversational AI performance, safety, and compliance. •The ideal candidate combines strong program management skills with experience in quality assurance, data annotation operations, and stakeholder engagement. •Lead the day-to-day operation of the AI annotation program. •Manage a team of annotators responsible for reviewing customer conversations and AI interactions. •Develop annotation guidelines, procedures, and quality standards. •Establish calibration programs and quality assurance processes to ensure consistency across reviewers. •Partner with Data Scientists to create and maintain gold-standard datasets. •Monitor annotation accuracy, throughput, and quality metrics. •Coordinate reporting and deliverables for Legal, Compliance, Responsible AI, and executive stakeholders. •Manage annotation workflows and tooling including setting up annotation jobs, running data processing scripts, and testing annotation UIs for quality before job launch. •Plan capacity requirements to support seasonal increases in review volume. •Support future expansion into multilingual evaluation programs. •Identify process improvements that increase efficiency and annotation quality. •Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Linguistics/Psychology. •5+ years of experience in program management, operations, quality assurance, data labeling, or related fields. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!