Full-Time

Quality Assurance Analyst Lead

Posted on 11/23/2025

Deadline 11/30/25
Welocalize

Welocalize

5,001-10,000 employees

AI-powered content localization platform and services

No salary listed

San Francisco, CA, USA

In Person

Category
QA & Testing (1)
Required Skills
Python
Requirements
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Linguistics or Computational Linguistics or a related field.
  • Experience: Prior experience in a leadership role within a data annotation or machine learning team.
  • Experience: Proven track record of team management, mentorship, and performance optimization.
  • Experience: Strong analytical skills with the ability to derive actionable insights from data.
  • Experience: Deep understanding of machine learning models, data annotation, and quality assurance.
  • Experience: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of data annotators and quality analysts.
  • Ensure team members are trained, informed, and adhere to company standards and best practices.
  • Oversee team performance, set goals, and conduct regular evaluations.
  • Collaborate with senior management to define strategic goals and deliverables.
  • Allocate resources and tasks efficiently among team members.
  • Act as a bridge between the annotation team and other departments, ensuring effective communication.
  • Oversee quality assurance processes and set benchmarks for performance and accuracy.
  • Review and approve detailed reports on findings prepared by team members.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the team based on analytics and performance metrics.
  • Stay updated with the latest in machine learning, data annotation, and natural language processing.
  • Address complex technical challenges faced by the team.
  • Provide guidance on advanced annotation techniques and quality analysis.
  • Guide the team in applying best practices in NLP and linguistics.
  • Ensure consistent linguistic accuracy across all processed and annotated data.
Desired Qualifications
  • Additional Information: This role primarily focuses on English US data sets; however, having experience with translation or multi-lingual data sets can be advantageous.

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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