Remote Data Annotation Specialist - Part-Time (Canada)

Cohere; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 33,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance incentives

Job summary

Cohere, a leading security-first enterprise AI company, is seeking a Data Annotation Specialist as an independent contractor to join our Canada-wide program. You will evaluate model responses to coding tasks, review trajectories, and help improve data quality.

The role is part-time (minimum 16 hours/week) at 40 CAD/hour, remote within Canada, with a 12-month contract and performance incentives. You should have 3+ years in data science, strong Python and SQL skills, and familiarity with

Qualifications

• 3+ years of real-world data science problems and pipelines.
• Strong Python and data science packages (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, SQLite).
• Solid knowledge of SQL syntax and data formats (JSON, XML, YAML, Markdown, HTML).
• Experience rewriting, proofreading, and giving feedback on code.
• Familiarity with code agents (OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the model’s ability to respond to coding requests and data tasks.
• Assess agent trajectories and model capabilities for code generation and debugging.
• Prompt models for complex data science tasks and review outputs for accuracy.
• Label, proofread, and improve software engineering-related outputs.
• Report quality and performance trends related to model/agent behaviour.

Skills

Data analysis

Visualization

Python

SQL

Code review

Code agents

Tools

NumPy

Pandas

Matplotlib

SQLite

Job description

Cohere, a leading security-first enterprise AI company, is seeking a Data Annotation Specialist as an independent contractor to join our Canada-wide program. You will evaluate model responses to coding tasks, review trajectories, and help improve data quality.

The role is part-time (minimum 16 hours/week) at 40 CAD/hour, remote within Canada, with a 12-month contract and performance incentives. You should have 3+ years in data science, strong Python and SQL skills, and familiarity with