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A detail-oriented tech explorer combining strong annotation skills with a background in digital marketing to understand user intent and deliver intuitive AI solutions.

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Saurab Thakur

About Me

I am a detail-oriented AI Data Annotator with more than four years of experience refining machine learning models through high-quality data labelling, evaluation, and LLM fine-tuning.

I have a proven ability to deliver culturally and contextually accurate data for large-scale international AI projects. By combining strong technical annotation skills with a solid foundation in digital marketing, I deeply understand user intent, resulting in more intuitive and effective AI solutions.

Core Competencies

AI & LLM Fine-Tuning

Evaluation, Bias Detection & Data Validation

Prompt Engineering

NLP & Contextual Model Output Tuning

Computer Vision

Object Detection & Bounding Box Annotation

Digital Marketing

SEM, Google Ads & Data Analysis

Education & Certifications

B.Sc. Geography & Economics

University of Kalyani (2018 - 2019)

Specialization in Geography and Economics.

Digital Marketing

Google Digital Garage (2020)

Fundamentals of Digital Marketing.

Data Analysis (Excel)

Coursera (2024)

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel.

Experience & Clients

Welocalize

Jan 2023 – Present

AI Data Annotator & Ads Quality Rater

Evaluated 500+ advertisements weekly against complex policy guidelines maintaining 95%+ accuracy. Executed linguistic and contextual AI evaluations for projects like Lyra and Wand to ensure model outputs met quality benchmarks.

OneForma

Mar 2021 – Dec 2022

Image Annotator

Annotated over 2,000 images for Thalia and MangoTea Object Detection projects with 99% accuracy. Specialised in foreign object detection to boost AI safety model reliability.

Appen Crowdgen

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021

LLM Fine-Tuning Contributor

Enhanced multilingual LLMs by classifying and evaluating over 2,000 data points. Analysed model response consistency to boost multilingual reliability.

Independent Home Tutor

2010 – 2020

Education & Mentoring

Mentored over 40 students, developing personalised lesson plans that improved academic performance by an average of 25%.

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