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  1. misiti3780 · · focus · HN ↗
    Pingintel | Miami or Remote | Full-time | <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pingintel.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pingintel.com

    Ping Data Intelligence is a dynamic startup based in Miami, FL, revolutionizing the property insurance sector with cutting-edge web technologies and ML-powered tools. Despite rapid growth, we retain the stability of a self-funded, profitable company. We&#x27;re hiring a Data Annotation Operations Lead to run ML training data annotation. You&#x27;ll manage offshore annotation contractors, become an expert annotator yourself, and drive quality, cost, and throughput — while working with engineering to automate annotation with LLMs.

    *Responsibilities* - Manage offshore annotation contractors as main liaison - Write and maintain annotation guidelines - Annotate data yourself, especially early on - Track quality metrics (agreement rate, accuracy, rework) and drive improvement - Cut cost, boost throughput, without sacrificing quality - Partner with engineering to automate annotation via LLMs&#x2F;agents

    *Required* - Experience managing offshore&#x2F;distributed teams - ML annotation &#x2F; training data pipeline knowledge - Extremely detail-oriented, strong written&#x2F;verbal communication - SQL and spreadsheet&#x2F;BI skills - Comfort turning ambiguous decisions into clear rules

    *Nice to Have* - Python, annotation UI&#x2F;UX design, taxonomy classification experience, LLM&#x2F;agent automation experience

    reach out at jobs@pingintel.com

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