Full-Time

AI Data Specialist

Posted on 11/22/2025

Deadline 11/30/25
Welocalize

Welocalize

5,001-10,000 employees

AI-powered content localization platform and services

No salary listed

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
AI & Machine Learning (2)
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Requirements
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Familiarity with command-line tools and interfaces.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify patterns and anomalies.
  • This role primarily focuses on English US data sets; however, familiarity with translation or multi-lingual data sets can be a plus for future projects.
Responsibilities
  • Update training and test model databases with new or amended synthetic textual and image data.
  • Modify and refine machine learning data creation, annotation, and rating guidelines.
  • Initiate model training processes using internal tools and command-line interfaces.
  • Evaluate the performance of trained models to gauge their efficacy and readiness for deployment.
  • Design and develop test and training datasets as per the criteria provided by the project manager and other full-time employees.
  • Handle data efficiently, ensuring its integrity throughout the workflow.
  • Engage in data relevance tasks, ensuring data sets are aligned with project goals.
  • Annotate data accurately, ensuring it adheres to set guidelines.
  • Conduct manual quality analysis of model results.
  • Recognize error patterns and report anomalies for further investigation.
  • Deliver detailed reports on findings, including aspects such as utterance quality, LLM evaluation, ASR bug tracking, and customer pain points to be reviewed by the User Experience Research team.
  • Implement basic quality control measures and ensure the reliability of processed data.
  • Utilize intermediate data analysis techniques to extract insights and inform decision-making.
  • Arbitrate discrepancies effectively, ensuring consistent data quality.
  • Apply basic knowledge of natural language processing and linguistics to data processing tasks.
  • Ensure linguistic accuracy in all processed and annotated data.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Linguistics or Computational Linguistics or a related field.
  • Familiarity with translation or multi-lingual data sets can be a plus for future projects.

Welocalize helps global brands reach international audiences by localizing content for different languages and cultures. Its product, OPAL, is an AI-enabled service platform that streamlines translation, review, and approval using modular AI blocks, connectors to enterprise systems, and workflow apps. This integrated approach combines automation with human review to speed delivery, reduce costs, and improve accuracy. The company aims to help clients expand globally, boost engagement with international customers, and grow revenue through scalable localization.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$34M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1997

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What believers are saying

  • Clinical trials market demands linguistic validation, creating recurring high-margin service opportunities.
  • Paul Danter's appointment signals strategic focus on premium-priced technology and entertainment verticals.
  • PATHFINDER e-learning platform builds brand authority in rapidly growing AI-enabled language services sector.

What critics are saying

  • EU AI Act enforcement fines up to €35M or 7% global turnover for non-transparent OPAL NMT disclosures.[1][3]
  • OpenAI enterprise localization API enables in-house translation at 70% lower cost for top clients.[1]
  • RWS Smartling MT integration offers half OPAL implementation time, capturing workflow automation clients.[1]

What makes Welocalize unique

  • AILQA Beta and TranslationRater™ embed quality assurance directly into enterprise AI workflows.
  • Next Level Globalization acquisition strengthens life sciences division with specialized medical devices expertise.
  • Ranked among world's largest LSPs by CSA Research, Nimdzi, and Slator with 400+ employees.

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Benefits

Accident Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Telemedicine Benefit

Paid Sick Time

Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Mileage Reimbursement

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Voluntary Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

5%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

8%
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