Data Labeler

Global Relay; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health benefits

Wellness allowance

Vacation days

RRSP matching

Meal program Vancouver

Job summary

Global Relay is seeking a Data Labeler to join a focused team in Vancouver. You will create high-quality training datasets from text, audio, and images, label data for tone, sentiment, and business themes, and work with data scientists and developers.

Qualifications include at least one year of labeling, English fluency, strong attention to detail, and proficiency with Word/Excel. The role offers base salary 40k-50k CAD and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of data labeling and annotation experience.
• Full professional proficiency in English.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Able to follow guidelines and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality datasets by gathering, labeling, transcribing, and annotating data.
• Define taxonomy and guidelines for the data format.
• Collaborate with data scientists and developers in an agile team.
• Review own work and that of others to ensure quality.

Skills

Data labeling

English fluency

Communication

Attention to detail

Independent work

MS Word & Excel

Tools

Label Studio

Audino

Job description

Who we are:

For over 25 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It’s a place where you can genuinely make an impact – and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.

Your role

As a Data Labeler, you will be part of a small, highly focused team responsible for creating high quality training dataset that we use with our models for building the artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for Global Relay’s customers.You will be working with a wide variety of data that includes, but not limited to text, audio, and images. You will have an opportunity to collaborate closely with some of the best data scientists and software developers in Vancouver and apply your craft in an environment that encourages creative thinking and collaboration.

Your responsibilities

• Create high-qualitydatasetsfor models by

  • Gathering: Assist Data Scientist in the gathering of large, representative datasetsbased on provided criteria.
  • Labelling: Label text data. This may include labelling for items such as tone, sentiment, or business theme.
  • Transcribing: Annotate and label audio data. This may include transcribing spoken words, identifying speech segments, and labelling various acoustic features.
  • Annotation: Add metadata to images, identifying regions of interest.
  • Classifying: Categorize data into different categories.
  • Identifying: Identify patterns, trends, and outliers in data.
  • Creating: Create synthetic data based on patterns, trends, and predictions.
  • Reviewing: Review your own work, and that of others, to ensure the highest quality and accuracy in our datasets

• Continuously improve quality of data releases by

  • Defining and maintaining taxonomy for the data format

  • Authoring and maintainingpromptsfor the model

  • Reviewing generated dataset for quality and integrity

  • Defining annotation guidelines for the data format

  • Testing prompts to verify and improve quality

  • Benchmarking datasets

• Contribute to the data generation program by

  • Researching on background information to enhance data accuracy
  • Working as part of an agile team on the data releases
  • Collaborating withdata scientists and developerson the data generation initiative
  • Providing and accepting feedback on identified issues with data and tools

About you

• Minimum one year of experience with data labelling and annotation on various data formats like text, audio, image

• Full professional proficiency and fluency in English

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Able to handle ambiguity and changing priorities

• Able to follow guidelines and then work independently without constant supervision

• Proficient with computers, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel

• Experience with any of the following is considered an asset:

  • Data labelling/annotation tools like Label Studio, Audino
  • Professional proficiency in other languages beyond English
  • Manual quality assurance for software application and/or games

Compensation:

Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbia’s pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise, skills, education, and professional background.

The range below reflects the expected annual base salary, which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy, culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees’ work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program, including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days, which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include: Paid sick days, maternity/parental enhancement program, bonus, and an RRSP contribution matching program.

For Vancouver-based employees, we provide a subsidized meal program, courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

British Columbia - Base salary range

$40,000—$50,000 CAD

What you can expect:

At Global Relay, there’s no ceiling to what you can achieve. It’s the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You’ll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you’ll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

To learn more about our business, culture, and community involvement, visit www.globalrelay.com.