Annotation Team Lead

Who are we?

Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.

We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.

Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.

Join us on our mission and shape the future!

Why this role?

The Annotation Team Lead is responsible for building and managing Cohere’s team of annotators and reviewers who develop and deliver high-quality training data critical to the development of Cohere's flagship models. You will join a small and effective team who support Cohere’s data collection efforts.

As an Annotation Team Lead, you will:

• People Manage 60 annotators with support of your Ops Lead.  You will directly oversee 60 annotators, serving as their first POC.  You will guide this group, enabling and enhancing annotator task quality and throughput. You will be responsible for data quality from your annotators and oversee human data projects/sprints. You will review the quality of annotator tasks on a monthly basis, providing regular feedback to annotators, and support performance management where annotators are not meeting the quality bar.

• Own Data Quality and Delivery in your Pods and Direct Task Flow. You are accountable for the data produced by your pods. Efficiently and expertly prioritize and allocate tasks to annotators, ensuring timely completion of tasks through effective task batching.

• Refine Annotation Processes. Drive execution, iteration, and refinement of annotation processes, supporting task documentation and supporting the Operations Lead in achieving strategic goals.

• Support Communication with Engineering teams. Provide weekly progress updates, facilitate task understanding and onboarding, and conduct monthly performance reviews with quality assessments.

• Support Recruitment of Pod Members. Conduct resume review, phone screens to help identify annotation contractors.

• Write and Deliver Training. Onboarding/training new team members

You might be a good fit if you:

• Have experience in annotation, data labelling and/or data quality management

• Have experience in people management/team lead style roles

• Can motivate, coach, and have tough people conversations when needed

• Are an organized person with a keen eye for metrics and analytics. You excelled in annotation and can identify great task completion.

• Adaptable and work with shifting priorities well.

• Have the flexibility to work on-call on weekends occasionally (1-2 times a month)

If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you want to work really hard on a glorious mission with teammates that want the same thing, Cohere is the place for you.

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.

Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:

🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment 

🧑‍💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research 

🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks

🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health 

🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK

🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement

🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and London and co-working stipend

✈️ 6 weeks of vacation

Note: This post is co-authored by both Cohere humans and Cohere technology.