Thinking Machines Lab
Data Partnerships
$300K–$350K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available; success is not guaranteed for every candidate or role.
About the job
Own data sourcing and delivery projects that help researchers obtain high-quality data to train and evaluate AI models.
What you'll do
- Turn researchers’ data needs into plans and manage projects from sourcing and vendor selection through quality review and delivery.
- Build partnerships with vendors and work with researchers to assess and improve data quality.
- Develop processes, tools, and automation to make recurring work more scalable while managing changing priorities.
What they ask for
- Experience owning operational, data, product, program, or vendor work from start to finish.
- Experience working with data vendors, ideally in AI or technology.
- Ability to work with researchers or technical teams and turn loosely defined needs into action.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, quality judgment, and comfort with ambiguity and changing priorities.
Nice to have
- Experience with pre-training, post-training, evaluation, annotation, or other AI data types.
- Experience with AI or related data vendors, international vendors, or operational tooling and automation.
Pay
$300,000 - $350,000 (annual base salary)
AI focus
Supports AI model training and evaluation by sourcing, reviewing, and delivering data.
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