Member of Engineering (Human Data)

ABOUT POOLSIDE

In this decade, the world will create Artificial General Intelligence. There will only be a small number of companies who will achieve this. Their ability to stack advantages and pull ahead will define the winners. These companies will move faster than anyone else. They will attract the world's most capable talent. They will be on the forefront of applied research, engineering, infrastructure and deployment at scale. They will continue to scale their training to larger & more capable models. They will be given the right to raise large amounts of capital along their journey to enable this. They will create powerful economic engines. They will obsess over the success of their users and customers.

poolside exists to be this company - to build a world where AI will be the engine behind economically valuable work and scientific progress.

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ABOUT OUR TEAM

We are a remote-first team that sits across Europe and North America and comes together once a month in-person for 3 days and for longer offsites twice a year.

Our R&D and production teams are a combination of more research and more engineering-oriented profiles, however, everyone deeply cares about the quality of the systems we build and has a strong underlying knowledge of software development. We believe that good engineering leads to faster development iterations, which allows us to compound our efforts.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Member of Engineering (Human Data), you will lead the development and management of high-quality data labeling pipelines that support our large language models. This role involves building an internal labeling team, working closely with vendors, and designing scalable processes for data annotation.

While the position does not include customer-facing responsibilities, your work will be critical to the success of our AI models, ensuring that they are trained on top-tier labeled data using crowdsourcing and other data collection techniques.

YOUR MISSION

To build and optimize scalable data labeling pipelines that power the success of our machine learning models.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and implement scalable data labeling pipelines that integrate into model training workflows. Manage and expand the internal data labeling team to meet the company's growing needs

• Collaborate with external vendors to source and manage crowdsourced data labeling efforts, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery

• Monitor and improve labeling processes by conducting experiments, ensuring data quality, and optimizing performance across labeling projects

• Set up metrics and QA processes to evaluate the quality of labeled data and continuously improve output

• Work cross-functionally with researchers and engineers to align labeling pipelines with model training needs

• Identify new tools and technologies to streamline labeling processes and increase efficiency

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience with designing and managing data labeling processes, with a strong emphasis on crowdsourcing solutions

• 2+ years of experience in a technical role such as Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Technical Project Manager, or similar, ideally in machine learning/data-focused environments

• Familiarity with managing vendors and crowdsourcing platforms to handle large-scale data labeling efforts

• Strong understanding of data quality metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score

• Proven ability to develop complex pipelines with multiple stages, particularly for data annotation and machine learning training

• Experience with cloud platforms and tools such as AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and CI/CD systems is a plus

• Ability to collaborate with technical teams and ensure labeling processes align with overall model development needs

• Mandatory experience with crowdsourcing platforms (e.g., ScaleAI, Toloka, or similar) for data labeling

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

PROCESS

• Intro call with Eiso, our CTO & Co-Founder

• Technical Interview(s) with one of our Founding Engineers

• Team fit call with the People team

• Final interview with Eiso, our CTO & Co-Founder

BENEFITS

• Fully remote work & flexible hours

• 37 days/year of vacation & holidays

• Health insurance allowance for you and dependents

• Company-provided equipment

• Wellbeing, always-be-learning and home office allowances

• Frequent team get togethers

• Great diverse & inclusive people-first culture

Data Retention

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, as required to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, or as necessary to resolve disputes. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider our statutory obligations, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes we process your personal data for, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means. We specify the retention periods for your personal data in our data retention policy. Under some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data so that it can no longer be associated with you. We reserve the right to use such anonymous and de-identified data for any legitimate business purpose without further notice to you or your consent. If you are offered and accept employment with poolside, the personal data we collected during the application and recruitment process will become part of your employment record, and we may use it in connection with your employment consistent with our employee personal data policies. If you do not become an employee, or, once you are no longer an employee of poolside, we will retain and securely destroy your personal data in accordance with our document retention policy and applicable laws and regulations.

Rights of Access, Correction, Erasure and Objection

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during the recruitment process. By law you may have the right to request access to, correct, and erase the personal data that we hold about you, or object to the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You may also have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another party. If you want to review, verify, correct, or request erasure of your personal data, object to the processing of your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal data to another party, please contact us at legal@poolside.ai . Any such communication must be in writing. We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and your right to access, and to provide you with the personal data that we hold about you or make your requested changes. Applicable law may allow or require us to refuse to provide you with access to some or all of the personal data that we hold about you, or we may have destroyed, erased, or anonymized your personal data in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices. If we cannot provide you with access to your personal data, we will inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.

Right to Withdraw Consent

Where you have provided your consent to the collection, processing, and transfer of your personal data, you may have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. To withdraw your consent, if applicable, contact us at legal@poolside.ai

Changes to this Privacy Notice

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Notice at any time, and we will provide you with a new Privacy Notice when we make any updates. If we would like to use your previously collected personal data for different purposes than those we notified you about at the time of collection, we will provide you with notice and, where required by law, seek your consent, before using your personal data for a new or unrelated purpose. We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent only where required by applicable law or regulation.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our processing of your personal data or would like to make an access or other request, please contact us at legal@poolside.ai