Hands-On AI Data Team Lead (Remote)

AI Trainer Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

SpaceXAI is seeking a hands-on Lead for the AI Tutor team to deliver high-quality training data and evaluations powering SpaceXAI models. You will set data quality standards, review domain work, ensure accuracy, and build operational excellence across the team.

This role blends leadership with direct labeling and review work to scale data operations. The role emphasizes coaching, performance management, and collaboration with Human Data Managers, Team Leads, and Engineering to translate model

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Civil, Environmental, or a closely related engineering field.
• 2+ professional experience in engineering practice, such as design, analysis, testing, R&D, or systems integration OR a Master’s degree (or higher) in an engineering or engineering related field.
• Basic understanding of AI and machine learning concepts and how high-quality training data impacts model performance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality and delivery for assigned Human Data projects — personally reviewing work in the domain, ensuring accuracy, consistency, guideline adherence, and high-quality data production at scale.
• Lead, coach, and performance‑manage a team of AI Tutors, including conducting regular performance reviews, maintaining records, creating action plans, managing shadow sessions, and driving continuous improvement.
• Oversee and actively participate in labeling and reviewing tasks to maintain high standards and model best practices.
• Ensure strict guideline adherence, taxonomy management, and quality assurance processes.
• Drive efficiency by identifying and resolving operational bottlenecks, implementing process improvements, and tracking performance via KPI dashboards (e.g., quality metrics, throughput, send‑back rates).
• Build, update, and deliver training materials, practice tasks, and certification benchmark tasks; manage certifications and workforce adjustments.

Skills

Leadership

Quality assurance

Communication

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or related field

Master's degree or higher in engineering or related field

Tools

SQL

Job description

SpaceXAI is seeking a hands-on Lead for the AI Tutor team to deliver high-quality training data and evaluations powering SpaceXAI models. You will set data quality standards, review domain work, ensure accuracy, and build operational excellence across the team.

This role blends leadership with direct labeling and review work to scale data operations. The role emphasizes coaching, performance management, and collaboration with Human Data Managers, Team Leads, and Engineering to translate model