Music Annotator

Turing; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work with USD payment

Job summary

Turing is seeking music professionals to evaluate and annotate AI-generated audio data. You will listen to short clips, identify instrument families and specific instruments, and use reference materials to guide your judgments.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Music or related field, 3+ years of relevant experience, and strong English communication. Remote work is offered, with payments in USD and potential for continued work based on performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Music or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in music performance, production, audio engineering, or similar work.
• A trained ear and strong ability to recognize instruments by sound.
• Strong English communication skills.
• Comfortable with focused, repetitive listening tasks and independent remote work.
• Bonus: transcription, remixing, music information retrieval, or AI/data annotation.

Responsibilities

• Listen to short audio clips and identify the instrument family.
• Identify the specific instrument you hear.
• Use provided audio references to guide decisions.
• Follow annotation guidelines and deliver consistent, accurate work.

Skills

Sound and Audio

Education

Bachelor's degree in Music

Job description

Evaluate and annotate AI-generated audio by identifying instruments.

About Turing

Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. Turing supports customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, plus top AI researchers who specialize in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents; and second, by applying that expertise to help enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into proprietary intelligence with systems that perform reliably, deliver measurable impact, and drive lasting results on the P&L.

Role Overview:

We’re looking for music professionals with formal music education and hands-on experience in performance, production, or audio engineering to help evaluate and improve AI-generated audio data.

What You’ll Do Day-to-Day:

• Listen to short audio clips and:
• Identify the instrument family (Strings, Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, Keyboard, etc.)
• Identify the specific instrument you hear
• Use provided audio references to guide your decisions
• Follow clear annotation guidelines and deliver consistent, accurate work

Who We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Music or a related field
• 3+ years of relevant experience in music performance, production, audio engineering, or similar work
• A trained ear and strong ability to recognize instruments by sound
• Strong English communication skills
• Comfortable with focused, repetitive listening tasks and independent remote work
• Bonus: Experience with transcription, remixing, music information retrieval, or AI/data annotation.

Why Join?

• Work remotely on a fast-moving AI audio project, get paid in USD, and potentially continue onto additional work based on performance and project needs.

Skills: Sound and Audio