R Team Lead

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as an R Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across R programming and data-analysis AI training projects. You will review AI-generated R code and trainer/QA work, evaluate output quality against project guidelines, provide precise written feedback, and ensure contributors follow expected standards.

You will assess work for code correctness, statistical validity, data reasoning, package usage, reproducibility, debugging accuracy, readability, visualization quality, formatting, instruction-following, and rubric adherence.

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 R quality leadership will help ensure R training data is accurate, reproducible, statistically sound, 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.

Key responsibilities

• Spot-check R programming and data-analysis items.
• Review AI-generated R code, statistical explanations, visualizations, data-wrangling steps, and modeling workflows.
• Communicate project updates and R-specific standards on Discord.
• Answer trainer/QA questions around R syntax, packages, statistical reasoning, reproducibility, plots, and rubric interpretation.
• DM inactive contributors and manage activation tracking.
• Create and maintain R documentation, style guides, examples, trackers, FAQs, honeypots, and onboarding materials.
• Run onboarding/training calls for R contributors.
• Flag misleading statistical claims, invalid methods, non-reproducible workflows, or hallucinated packages/functions.
• Improve QA processes based on recurring gaps.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Biology, Social Sciences, or related quantitative field.
• Strong grasp of English to follow guidelines and provide clear feedback.
• 3+ years of experience using R for data analysis, statistics, research, analytics, teaching, coding, or technical review.
• Strong understanding of R syntax, data frames, vectors, functions, lists, factors, missing data, tidyverse, base R, statistical modeling, and visualization.
• Ability to identify issues such as incorrect statistical assumptions, invalid package usage, non-reproducible code, data leakage, flawed transformations, hallucinated functions, or misleading charts.
• Familiarity with dplyr, tidyr, ggplot2, readr, stringr, purrr, data.table, Shiny, R Markdown/Quarto, caret/tidymodels, lme4, survival, Git, and reproducible workflows is preferred.
• Experience leading remote teams of trainers, analysts, reviewers, educators, or QAs is strongly preferred.
• Comfortable with Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and PM systems.
• Highly organized and able to maintain style guides, trackers, FAQs, honeypots, calibration tasks, and onboarding materials.
• Experience with AI training, data annotation, LLM evaluation, code QA, or rubric-based review is a strong plus.

🌍 Geographic Availability This role is available to qualified experts globally. However, as a U.S.-based company, SME Careers complies with U.S. export control and sanctions regulations. Eligibility depends on your country of residence and any applicable trade restrictions. Some projects may have additional language or region-specific requirements.

💰 Pay Rate May Vary Based on Your Location Your actual compensation will be determined based on your location and local market conditions. See regional job listings for localized pay information, or the application process will clarify your specific rate.

If you're unsure whether you're eligible, proceed with the application—SME's screening will determine your jurisdiction status and applicable compensation.