{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"cfcf3a370c5c3e8cb23366b2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cfcf3a370c5c3e8cb23366b2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cfcf3a370c5c3e8cb23366b2","title":"Python (ML-Focused) Team Lead","description":"In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Python (ML-Focused) Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across Python machine learning AI training projects. You will review AI-generated Python code, ML workflows, model explanations, and trainer/QA work; evaluate output quality against project guidelines; provide precise written feedback; and ensure contributors follow expected quality standards. You will assess work for code correctness, machine learning methodology, statistical validity, reproducibility, model-evaluation quality, data leakage risks, package usage, debugging accuracy, readability, maintainability, formatting, instruction-following, and adherence to project-specific rubrics. This role requires strong Python and ML expertise, English communication skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to manage quality workflows across remote technical teams. This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your Python ML quality leadership will help ensure training data is accurate, executable, statistically sound, reproducible, clearly explained, and aligned with client expectations. Selection process involves an AI interview, a domain-specific task, and an interview with a recruiter. Important: There is no immediate project for this role; however, if qualified, you will be among the first experts we reach out to when relevant opportunities arise. This will also provide you with access to future projects available through our expert network.\n\nrequirements\nBachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a closely related quantitative field.\nStrong grasp of English to follow guidelines, communicate with teams, and provide clear technical feedback.\n3+ years of professional experience in Python development, machine learning, data science, ML engineering, model evaluation, research engineering, technical review, or ML education.\nStrong understanding of Python fundamentals such as data structures, functions, classes, iterators, comprehensions, exception handling, virtual environments, package management, testing, and debugging.\nStrong understanding of ML topics such as supervised/unsupervised learning, feature engineering, train/test splits, cross-validation, model selection, data leakage, regression, classification, clustering, metrics, bias/variance, regularization, and reproducibility.\nAbility to evaluate ML content against detailed rubrics and identify issues such as flawed methodology, wrong metrics, data leakage, non-reproducible code, invalid assumptions, hallucinated APIs, misleading conclusions, or incomplete explanations.\nFamiliarity with NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, XGBoost/LightGBM, Jupyter, matplotlib, seaborn, MLflow, Hugging Face, SQL, GitHub, Docker, and CI/CD is preferred.\nExperience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, annotators, reviewers, engineers, data scientists, ML researchers, coding mentors, or QAs is strongly preferred.\nComfortable working in fast-moving remote environments using Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and project management systems.\nHighly organized and able to maintain style guides, trackers, FAQs, onboarding materials, honeypots, calibration tasks, and quality documentation.\nExperience with AI training, data annotation, LLM evaluation, code QA, ML QA, or rubric-based technical review is a strong plus.\nresponsibilities\nQuality monitoring: Spot-check Python ML items, identify quality issues, provide feedback through DMs, and escalate recurring or critical issues.\nCode and ML review: Evaluate AI-generated Python code, ML pipelines, data-preprocessing steps, model training workflows, evaluation logic, debugging responses, and explanations for correctness and reproducibility.\nTrainer and QA communication: Update contributors on Discord about guideline changes, workflow updates, and Python/ML-specific review standards.\nQuestion handling: Respond to questions around Python syntax, package usage, data leakage, model validation, metrics, statistical assumptions, reproducibility, notebooks, and rubric interpretation.\nTrainer/QA activation management: DM inactive contributors, encourage activation, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues.\nDocumentation: Create and maintain Python ML style guides, trackers, FAQs, examples, honeypots, calibration tasks, and onboarding materials.\nOnboarding and training: Run onboarding/training calls for Python ML contributors.\nRisk review: Flag misleading, overconfident, statistically invalid, non-reproducible, insecure, or non-production-ready Python ML recommendations.\nProcess improvement: Identify recurring quality gaps and build scalable QA processes.","company":"Sme By Superannotate","rawCompany":"sme by superannotate","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-13T14:36:50.787Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-2051.00","title":"Data Scientists","slug":"data-scientists"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1253.00","title":"Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers","slug":"software-quality-assurance-analysts-and-testers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541990","title":"All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services","slug":"all-other-professional-scientific-and-technical-services"},{"code":"541690","title":"Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services","slug":"other-scientific-and-technical-consulting-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Python (ML-Focused) Team Lead","description":"In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Python (ML-Focused) Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across Python machine learning AI training projects. You will review AI-generated Python code, ML workflows, model explanations, and trainer/QA work; evaluate output quality against project guidelines; provide precise written feedback; and ensure contributors follow expected quality standards. You will assess work for code correctness, machine learning methodology, statistical validity, reproducibility, model-evaluation quality, data leakage risks, package usage, debugging accuracy, readability, maintainability, formatting, instruction-following, and adherence to project-specific rubrics. This role requires strong Python and ML expertise, English communication skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to manage quality workflows across remote technical teams. This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your Python ML quality leadership will help ensure training data is accurate, executable, statistically sound, reproducible, clearly explained, and aligned with client expectations. Selection process involves an AI interview, a domain-specific task, and an interview with a recruiter. Important: There is no immediate project for this role; however, if qualified, you will be among the first experts we reach out to when relevant opportunities arise. This will also provide you with access to future projects available through our expert network.\n\nrequirements\nBachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a closely related quantitative field.\nStrong grasp of English to follow guidelines, communicate with teams, and provide clear technical feedback.\n3+ years of professional experience in Python development, machine learning, data science, ML engineering, model evaluation, research engineering, technical review, or ML education.\nStrong understanding of Python fundamentals such as data structures, functions, classes, iterators, comprehensions, exception handling, virtual environments, package management, testing, and debugging.\nStrong understanding of ML topics such as supervised/unsupervised learning, feature engineering, train/test splits, cross-validation, model selection, data leakage, regression, classification, clustering, metrics, bias/variance, regularization, and reproducibility.\nAbility to evaluate ML content against detailed rubrics and identify issues such as flawed methodology, wrong metrics, data leakage, non-reproducible code, invalid assumptions, hallucinated APIs, misleading conclusions, or incomplete explanations.\nFamiliarity with NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, XGBoost/LightGBM, Jupyter, matplotlib, seaborn, MLflow, Hugging Face, SQL, GitHub, Docker, and CI/CD is preferred.\nExperience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, annotators, reviewers, engineers, data scientists, ML researchers, coding mentors, or QAs is strongly preferred.\nComfortable working in fast-moving remote environments using Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and project management systems.\nHighly organized and able to maintain style guides, trackers, FAQs, onboarding materials, honeypots, calibration tasks, and quality documentation.\nExperience with AI training, data annotation, LLM evaluation, code QA, ML QA, or rubric-based technical review is a strong plus.\nresponsibilities\nQuality monitoring: Spot-check Python ML items, identify quality issues, provide feedback through DMs, and escalate recurring or critical issues.\nCode and ML review: Evaluate AI-generated Python code, ML pipelines, data-preprocessing steps, model training workflows, evaluation logic, debugging responses, and explanations for correctness and reproducibility.\nTrainer and QA communication: Update contributors on Discord about guideline changes, workflow updates, and Python/ML-specific review standards.\nQuestion handling: Respond to questions around Python syntax, package usage, data leakage, model validation, metrics, statistical assumptions, reproducibility, notebooks, and rubric interpretation.\nTrainer/QA activation management: DM inactive contributors, encourage activation, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues.\nDocumentation: Create and maintain Python ML style guides, trackers, FAQs, examples, honeypots, calibration tasks, and onboarding materials.\nOnboarding and training: Run onboarding/training calls for Python ML contributors.\nRisk review: Flag misleading, overconfident, statistically invalid, non-reproducible, insecure, or non-production-ready Python ML recommendations.\nProcess improvement: Identify recurring quality gaps and build scalable QA processes.","datePosted":"2026-08-13T14:36:50.787Z","dateModified":"2026-08-13T14:36:50.787Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Sme By Superannotate","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Remote","addressRegion":"OR","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"cfcf3a370c5c3e8cb23366b2"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cfcf3a370c5c3e8cb23366b2"}}