Senior Research Associate - AI

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Artificial Intelligence • Game AI

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Research Associate - AI will lead and manage a team focused on training an AI engine to interact with humans in innovative ways. Responsibilities include setting KPIs, monitoring progress, troubleshooting errors, performing quality audits, and developing new processes. The role requires strong leadership, technical aptitude in AI, experience managing KPIs, and proficiency in tools like Google Sheets, Zoom, and Slack. The successful candidate will train junior team members, own deliverables, and contribute to daily/weekly reports, while also thinking strategically about process improvement and risk mitigation. This role involves working collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and requires a proactive approach with high accountability and transparency.
Must have:
  • AI experience
  • Leadership & Performance Management
  • KPI management
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Process improvement
  • Google Sheets, Zoom, Slack proficiency
Good to have:
  • Degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or Cognitive Science
Perks:
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401k (3% matching)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

Job Details

Description

Work Location: USA Remote (Prefer PST Time Zone)

Work Hours: M - F, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm

Pay Rate: $27 - $35 /hr DOE & location

The Senior Research Associate is focused on the delivery of projects/tasks, driven by KPIs, while managing the performance of the team whose primary function is to train an AI engine.

You will be working on training AI to interact with humans in entirely new ways, and you’ll be responsible for helping the AI learn how to best collaborate with humans by interacting with a variety of software tools.  

As part of this role, you will leverage your skills and background to establish processes, and manage, train and mentor junior team members.  You will own a specific area, and be accountable for deliverables, quality, and overall processes for the area.

Responsibilities: 

  • Work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
  • Lead and Manage team members in execution of projects/tasks
  • Setting of targets for the team (KPIs) for projects
  • Monitoring of progress against KPIs
  • Attending daily stand-ups with Client
  • Trouble-shooting (reproducing) errors and answering questions for the Team
  • Performing Quality Audits
  • Contributing to the Completion of the Daily and Weekly Reports
  • Develop, and implement new processes within identified areas of ownership
  • Train junior team members on processes and best practices
  • Own deliverables ensuring tasks are completed on time with quality for area of ownership, including team members contributing within that area of ownership
  • Think strategically about end-to-end processes and how to improve them
  • Identification of risks in processes and recommend solutions or alternatives to mitigate
  • Learn new software programs on the job

Keywords provides a competitive compensation package, good benefits and a casual, fun, productive and supportive working environment. We empower people to perform to the best of their ability with our “can do” attitude. We appreciate and embrace flexibility and learn at every opportunity to grow ourselves through experience, training and tackling new challenges. This is what makes us Keywordians.

Requirements

  • Technical aptitude or experience working with AI
  • Leadership experience and Performance Management experience, leading or training others
  • Experience managing KPIs
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong Organization skills
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Strong Analytical skills
  • Process Improvement experience
  • Strong aptitude of working with Google sheets, Zoom, and Slack
  • A stable internet connection with a download speed of 50-100 Mbps and an upload speed of at least 10 Mbps
  • Exemplify the quality of having a "Proactive Approach," attitude which includes a high level of accountability, transparency, and teamwork first & foremost
  • Ability to learn on the job

Desirable:

  • A completed college degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or Cognitive Science

Benefits

At Keywords, we provide all our contingent workforce with:

  • Paid Time Off (including sick days and holidays)
  • 401k (3% matching)
  • Medical, Dental and Vision benefits

By providing your information in this application, you understand that we will collect and process your information in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Notice. For more information, please see our Applicant Privacy Notice at https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/applicant-privacy-notice.

Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: Americas, United States, San Francisco

Area of Work:  Embedded Services

Service: Globalize

Employment Type: Contractor, Full Time

Working Pattern: Remote

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