Remote Pod Lead

Turing is a rapidly growing AI company focused on advancing and deploying cutting-edge AI systems. The company collaborates with leading AI research labs to push the boundaries of model capabilities in areas such as reasoning, coding, agentic behavior, multimodality, multilinguality, STEM, and frontier knowledge. These advancements are then applied to develop practical AI solutions that address critical business challenges for a diverse range of clients.

The role involves leading a small team of annotators in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for managing daily team activities, ensuring clear communication of guidelines, and maintaining high-quality, timely delivery of annotation tasks. This position requires hands-on leadership to support annotators, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement in data quality.

Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily pod operations and provide support to annotators as needed.
- Clarify annotation guidelines and address recurring questions or challenges.
- Conduct weekly team meetings to share project updates and align on priorities.
- Facilitate onboarding and initial training for new annotators to ensure smooth integration.
- Monitor pod performance metrics and identify patterns of quality concerns.
- Coordinate retraining sessions and verify annotator readiness before resuming tasks.
- Report progress, obstacles, and resource needs regularly to the Team Lead.

Required Qualifications:
- 2 to 4 years of professional experience in relevant roles.
- Proven experience in leading, mentoring, or coordinating small teams.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to follow and enforce complex instructions.
- Effective communication skills with a supportive and problem-solving approach.
- Prior experience in annotation, data labeling, or AI training data is preferred but not mandatory.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits:
- Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI applications, particularly in accounting and finance domains.
- Fully remote position offering flexibility in work location and schedule.
- Chance to contribute to impactful projects with a global reach, collaborating with diverse teams.

This is a project-based role involving a set number of evaluation tasks. Each task requires comparing multiple chatbot outputs and providing a final assessment based on defined criteria. The work schedule includes five working days per week, which may include weekends, with two weekdays off. Working hours are from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM PST. The project duration is 16 weeks.

This role is ideal for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about contributing to the development of advanced AI systems through high-quality annotation leadership.