Remote AI Data Team Lead — Expert SWE Leader

Jobgether SRL; Australia; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Equity participation

Retirement benefits

Disability insurance

Paid leave

Flexible remote work

Job summary

Jobgether SRL, on behalf of a partner company, is seeking an Expert Team Lead, SWE based in Australia. This hands-on leadership role focuses on building and maintaining high-quality data that supports AI model development. You will lead a team of AI Tutors while reviewing and improving technical work.

The role blends people leadership, data quality, and software engineering. You will set quality standards, monitor KPIs, develop training materials, and translate model requirements into labeling

Qualifications

• 1+ years of hands-on experience in data labeling, annotation, AI training or evaluation, content quality, or a comparable operational discipline.
• Professional experience building or contributing to scalable, high-performance technology applications, particularly in software engineering or another technical environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of data quality metrics, annotation workflows, guideline-driven processes, and quality assurance practices.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality and delivery for assigned human data projects, personally reviewing technical work and ensuring accuracy, consistency, guideline adherence, and reliable data production at scale.
• Lead, coach, and performance-manage a team of AI Tutors, including conducting performance reviews, maintaining development records, creating improvement plans, facilitating shadow sessions, and supporting ongoing professional development.
• Participate directly in labeling, annotation, evaluation, and review activities to maintain high standards and demonstrate best practices.
• Establish and enforce quality assurance processes, taxonomy standards, workflow guidelines, and evaluation criteria.
• Monitor operational KPIs such as quality scores, throughput, and send-back rates, using performance data to identify bottlenecks and improve team efficiency.
• Develop and maintain training materials, practice exercises, and certification benchmarks while managing certification processes and workforce adjustments.
• Partner with data managers, other team leads, and engineering stakeholders to translate AI model requirements into clear labeling strategies and operational processes.
• Foster a high-performance culture through effective coaching, accountability, talent development, and appropriate performance-management actions.
• Document project outcomes, identify opportunities for process iteration, and communicate project status, risks, and results to relevant stakeholders.
• Represent the needs and perspectives of the AI Tutor team while promoting strong collaboration across the wider human data organization.

Skills

People leadership

Data labeling

AI training

Software engineering

Quality assurance

KPI analysis

SQL

Distributed teams

Job description

Jobgether SRL, on behalf of a partner company, is seeking an Expert Team Lead, SWE based in Australia. This hands-on leadership role focuses on building and maintaining high-quality data that supports AI model development. You will lead a team of AI Tutors while reviewing and improving technical work.

The role blends people leadership, data quality, and software engineering. You will set quality standards, monitor KPIs, develop training materials, and translate model requirements into labeling