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Hi, I'm Alen Kurian, an AI Specialist, Prompt Engineer, and Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in AI model training, data annotation, evaluation, and large language model (LLM) optimization. I have hands-on experience across NLP, computer vision, and robotics training, focusing on building high-quality datasets, evaluating AI reasoning, and improving model accuracy through structured feedback and prompt refinement. I work with Python and full-cycle AI workflows, and I thrive in fully remote, globally distributed teams.…Hi, I'm Alen Kurian, an AI Specialist, Prompt Engineer, and Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in AI model training, data annotation, evaluation, and large language model (LLM) optimization. I have hands-on experience across NLP, computer vision, and robotics training, focusing on building high-quality datasets, evaluating AI reasoning, and improving model accuracy through structured feedback and prompt refinement. I work with Python and full-cycle AI workflows, and I thrive in fully remote, globally distributed teams.

Alen Kurian

AI Prompt Engineer, AI Engineer, Data Annotator, +2

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Hi, I'm Alen Kurian, an AI Specialist, Prompt Engineer, and Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in AI model training, data annotation, evaluation, and large language model (LLM) optimization. I have hands-on experience across NLP, computer vision, and robotics training, focusing on building high-quality datasets, evaluating AI reasoning, and improving model accuracy through structured feedback and prompt refinement. I work with Python and full-cycle AI workflows, and I thrive in fully remote, globally distributed teams.…Hi, I'm Alen Kurian, an AI Specialist, Prompt Engineer, and Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in AI model training, data annotation, evaluation, and large language model (LLM) optimization. I have hands-on experience across NLP, computer vision, and robotics training, focusing on building high-quality datasets, evaluating AI reasoning, and improving model accuracy through structured feedback and prompt refinement. I work with Python and full-cycle AI workflows, and I thrive in fully remote, globally distributed teams.

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Hi, I’m Alen Kurian, an AI Specialist, Prompt Engineer, and Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in AI model training, data annotation, evaluation, and large language model (LLM) optimization.

I have hands-on experience across NLP, computer vision, and robotics training, focusing on building high-quality datasets, evaluating AI reasoning, and improving model accuracy through structured feedback and prompt refinement. I work with Python and full-cycle AI workflows, and I thrive in fully remote, globally distributed teams.

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English

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Malayalam

Fluent

Hindi

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Tamil

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Work Experience

AI Specialist at TELUS Digital

May 1, 2025 - Present

Contributing to advanced AI model training under Project Sonic. Performing large-scale data annotation, response grading, and multimodal AI evaluation. Conducting reasoning validation, safety alignment checks, and quality assurance reviews. Supporting reinforcement learning workflows through structured feedback loops. Improving LLM accuracy through iterative evaluation and dataset enhancement.

Data Annotation & Evaluation Specialist at Innodata Inc.

October 1, 2025 - February 1, 2026

Worked on the Super Intelligence project focused on next-generation AI systems. Performed complex annotation, AI output grading, and reasoning quality validation. Conducted factuality checks and linguistic quality assessment for advanced models. Contributed to large-scale curated datasets for high-performance AI training. Assisted in refining evaluation standards and benchmarking frameworks.

Prompt Engineer at Welocalize

January 1, 2026 - Present

Designing advanced prompts to enhance large language model reasoning and response quality. Conducting adversarial testing, edge-case evaluation, and output refinement cycles. Supporting AI alignment initiatives and generative AI optimization tasks. Building structured prompt libraries and scalable evaluation workflows. Collaborating with AI engineers and linguistic experts across global teams.

Robotics Trainer at Micro1

September 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026

Trained AI-powered robotic systems using structured task-based datasets. Evaluated automation performance and robotic behavior learning models. Assisted in dataset preparation for robotics intelligence systems. Conducted validation testing and performance improvement analysis.

AI Contributor at OpenAI

January 1, 2026 - Present

Contributing to large-scale AI model evaluation and reasoning improvement initiatives. Performing structured feedback analysis for LLM refinement. Participating in alignment tasks, content evaluation, and multimodal testing. Supporting continuous improvement of generative AI systems.

AI Model Trainer & Data Annotation Specialist (Freelance) at Remote

February 1, 2020 - Present

Led AI training projects in text classification, NER, sentiment analysis, and chatbot evaluation. Annotated image, video, audio, and text datasets using advanced labeling tools. Designed gold-standard datasets for NLP and computer vision model fine-tuning. Provided model evaluation feedback for speech recognition and LLM systems.