Forward Deployed Engineer (San Francisco)

Shape the Future of AI

At Labelbox, we're building the critical infrastructure that powers breakthrough AI models at leading research labs and enterprises. Since 2018, we've been pioneering data-centric approaches that are fundamental to AI development, and our work becomes even more essential as AI capabilities expand exponentially.

About Labelbox

We're the only company offering three integrated solutions for frontier AI development :

• Enterprise Platform & Tools : Advanced annotation tools, workflow automation, and quality control systems that enable teams to produce high-quality training data at scale
• Frontier Data Labeling Service : Specialized data labeling through Alignerr, leveraging subject matter experts for next-generation AI models
• Expert Marketplace : Connecting AI teams with highly skilled annotators and domain experts for flexible scaling

Why Join Us

Role Overview

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This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset. You will operate like a technical cofounder : with high agency, deep technical engagement, and a bias for action.

You will use a unique mix of engineering, product, and sales to deliver data on high stakes projects for leading frontier AI labs. You will work with human data teams or AI researchers in customer organizations to produce the best datasets for model evals, supervised finetuning, or ground truth data for advanced and emerging reinforcement learning techniques.

Your Impact

Understand the Data Needs of AI Leaders : Work directly with the most advanced AI labs to define and refine data strategies.

Design and Operate Human Data Pipelines : Build scalable, high-quality data pipelines to power next-gen AI.

Develop and Optimize Code : Write Python scripts for data processing and quality analysis.

Shape the Future of AI Infrastructure : Define engineering requirements to improve human data tools and workflows.

What You Bring

Masters degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or AI-related fields.

Proficiency in Python and data analysis.

Exceptional communication skills : ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly.

Strong project management and organizational skills.

Passion for AI and the intersection of technology, product, and customer needs.

Solutions at Labelbox

At Labelbox Solutions, you'll be the bridge between our cutting-edge AI data infrastructure and the technical needs of frontier AI labs and enterprises. Working with our three integrated offeringsEnterprise Platform, Frontier Data Labeling, and Expert Marketplaceyou'll architect comprehensive data strategies for some of the most advanced AI initiatives globally. You'll help customers implement transparent human data pipelines that deliver measurable improvements in model performance across multimodal, reasoning, coding, and multilingual use cases. Your expertise will directly impact how quickly organizations can scale their AI data operations, from complex project setup to expert team deployment, ensuring customers realize the full value of human-in-the-loop processes in advancing state-of-the-art AI.

Alignerr Services at Labelbox

As part of the Alignerr Services team, you'll lead implementation of customer projects and manage our elite network of AI experts who deliver high-quality human feedback crucial for AI advancement. Your team will oversee 250,000+ monthly hours of specialized work across RLHF, complex reasoning, and multimodal AI projects, resulting in quality improvements for Frontier AI Labs. You'll leverage our AI-powered talent acquisition system and exclusive access to 16M+ specialized professionals to rapidly build and deploy expert teams that help customers, which includethemajority of leading AI labs and AI disruptors, achieve breakthrough AI capabilities through precisely aligned human datadirectly contributing to the critical human element in advancing artificial intelligence.

Labelbox strives to ensure pay parity across the organization and discuss compensation transparently. The expected annual base salary range for United States-based candidates is below. This range is not inclusive of any potential equity packages or additional benefits. Exact compensation varies based on a variety of factors, including skills and competencies, experience, and geographical location.

Annual base salary range

$140,000 $200,000 USD

Life at Labelbox

Our Vision

We believe data will remain crucial in achieving artificial general intelligence. As AI models become more sophisticated, the need for high-quality, specialized training data will only grow. Join us in developing new products and services that enable the next generation of AI breakthroughs.

Labelbox is backed by leading investors including SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz, B Capital, Gradient Ventures, Databricks Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading AI labs.

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