Secret-Cleared Data & Annotation Engineer (CVAT)

Innodata Inc.; Washington; On-site; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Innodata Inc. is seeking a Data/Annotation Engineer to hands-on manage the annotation toolchain, ingestion pipelines, and data governance for our ODIN corpus in a secure federal environment.

You will ensure accurate, well-labeled, and fully traceable data feeding AI solutions, coordinating with the AI Solutions Engineer. The role emphasizes disciplined data handling, ontology mapping, and QC support, with Phase D corpus production as the core milestone.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or related field preferred; Equivalent experience may substitute for degree on a 2-for-1 basis.
• 5+ years total professional experience, 3+ years in data engineering or annotation operations
• CVAT — deployment and day-to-day operation required; this is not a nice-to-have
• Annotated dataset ingest pipelines: schema mapping, format validation, ontology alignment
• Full-motion video (FMV) annotation concepts and tooling
• Python scripting for data wrangling, validation, and format conversion
• Active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility

Responsibilities

• Receive, validate, ingest, and ontology-map the ODIN mission-aligned corpus from AFS delivery
• Produce the ODIN load report: corpus description, ontology mapping, readiness state
• Configure CVAT annotation pipeline against the Phase 1 starter kit rule pack
• Operate both self-service and lightweight white-glove annotation paths during Phase D corpus production
• Produce 50–100 label demonstration corpus across synthetic and mission-aligned content
• Support QA/Evaluation Lead on QC execution and corpus annotation dry-runs
• Associate DataCard provenance records with annotated and synthetic outputs in coordination with the Solution Architect

Skills

Python scripting

Ontology mapping

Data wrangling

FMV annotation concepts

Annotation pipelines

CVAT operation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science/Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

CVAT

Job description

Innodata Inc. is seeking a Data/Annotation Engineer to hands-on manage the annotation toolchain, ingestion pipelines, and data governance for our ODIN corpus in a secure federal environment.

You will ensure accurate, well-labeled, and fully traceable data feeding AI solutions, coordinating with the AI Solutions Engineer. The role emphasizes disciplined data handling, ontology mapping, and QC support, with Phase D corpus production as the core milestone.