AI Expert Operations: Talent Sourcing & Onboarding

Abaka AI; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

PTO

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Abaka AI is hiring Expert Operations to own end-to-end processes for identifying, evaluating, onboarding, and supporting expert contributors on AI data projects. You will match qualified experts from our platform to project needs and ensure engagements are staffed with high-quality contributors.

You will work with Project Managers, Operations, and Research teams to define scalable sourcing, onboarding, and community management processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1+ years in AI data annotation, quality assurance, reviewer operations, project operations, talent operations, recruiting, or related roles.
• Experience on AI data projects involving annotation, model evaluation, RLHF, preference ranking, or human feedback is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with contributors.
• Strong judgment and attention to detail evaluating contributor quality and project fit.
• Highly organized with ability to manage multiple pipelines simultaneously.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets, CRMs, ATS, and operational tools.

Responsibilities

• Source and identify qualified experts from Abaka's talent platform for AI data projects across domains.
• Review contributor profiles, work history, assessments, and qualifications to evaluate project fit and staffing readiness.
• Conduct interviews to assess communication skills, technical knowledge, and contributor quality.
• Guide contributors through onboarding, training, and project setup for a smooth onboarding.
• Partner with Project Managers to understand project requirements and staff high-quality contributors.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified experts for current and future needs.
• Serve as primary point of contact for contributors, providing timely communication and issue resolution.
• Track staffing metrics, onboarding progress, contributor performance, and KPIs to improve efficiency.
• Develop scalable workflows for expert sourcing, evaluation, onboarding, and engagement.
• Leverage AI tools to improve sourcing and matching processes.

Skills

AI data annotation

Communication

Attention to detail

Project operations

Staffing pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRMs

ATS systems

Spreadsheets

Operational tools

Job description

Abaka AI is hiring Expert Operations to own end-to-end processes for identifying, evaluating, onboarding, and supporting expert contributors on AI data projects. You will match qualified experts from our platform to project needs and ensure engagements are staffed with high-quality contributors.

You will work with Project Managers, Operations, and Research teams to define scalable sourcing, onboarding, and community management processes.