Figure Eight Federal (F8F): Leading the Future of AI Training Data
Figure Eight Federal (F8F) is the FOCI mitigated arm of Appen (APXYY) focused on the U.S. defense and intelligence sector. As a global leader in the development and optimization of AI training data, F8F sets the standard for innovation in quality, efficiency, and scalability across AI initiatives.
Our technology is utilized by over 6.8 million data specialists skilled in over 235 languages, delivering unparalleled expertise in capturing domain specific knowledge into formats models can train against. The F8F platform is currently used by over 80% of leading LLM developers.
As the world’s largest provider of geospatial human domain monitoring data, F8F processes and analyzes petabits worth of geospatial data to provide enhanced situational awareness around the globe. Through our Hydra AI platform, we handle more than 500 billion events per month across 200 countries and territories, serving over 1 billion active users.
At its core, F8F is dedicated to empowering defense and intelligence agencies with cutting-edge technology to drive the Nation’s strategic AI advantage and drive mission impacts. With a proven track record of delivering secure, reliable, and scalable data solutions, F8F remains at the forefront of driving innovation in AI training data.
Learn more about how F8F is shaping the future of AI at F8Federal.com.
As a member of our team, you will be building annotation tools marking up text, audio, images, video and other datatypes for use in creating machine learning models. You will provide the amazing experiences for the users, fixing bugs as necessary and constantly working on improving the quality of our codebase.
Responsibilities
- Deploy and maintain our microservice architecture to multiple cloud providers
- Work with cloud services such as EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.
- Debug problems in Kubernetes/Docker
- Debug problems in code across multiple languages (Ruby, JavaScript, Java, Python) and technologies
Qualifications:
- 2+ years' experience with Kubernetes and Docker
- 4+ years' experience with common programming languages (Ruby, JavaScript, Java, Python)
- 2+ years' experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCE)
- 2+ years' experience with relational databases
- Experience with networking fundamentals and troubleshooting connections
- Comfortable with Linux and shell scripting
- Assertive "get things done" attitude
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to come into the office 1-3 times per week, as needed
- Willingness to go through a security clearance process
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active clearance
- Master's degree in computer science
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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What We Do
Figure Eight Federal is critical in the creation of the highest quality Decision-Grade AI for leaders engaged in advancing America's security and competitive position. With a deep expertise and ability to train all data types, Figure Eight Federal works with sectors including defense, health, finance, agriculture, and science to fuel and accelerate Federal AI initiatives, and explicate the most value from data.
