How to apply to Innodata

Who can join

• Be at least 18 and legally authorized to work in the US. Both are required questions on the application form, which also asks whether you now or in the future need visa sponsorship.
• For its two Canadian Generative AI Associate postings (C$21 an hour), be legally authorized to work in Canada and name your province; both are required questions.
• Live where a posting is open. Its flexible-hours roles are posted once per US state, with a few open to the whole US, and the form asks which state you are located in.
• A bachelor's degree or higher in a humanities field, with a Master's or PhD strongly preferred: 66 of its 67 Generative AI Associate postings ask for it (12 Nov 2026). The 67th, at $25 to $30 an hour, requires a PhD.
• Professional or expert English (C1/C2). Its Russian, Turkish and Vietnamese-speaking associate roles ask for C1/C2 in that language as well.
• A resume or CV and a phone number: both are required on the form. A LinkedIn profile is optional.

Step by step

1. 1

   Find the posting for your state

   Innodata's openings are on its Greenhouse board (its careers site, innodatacareers.com, also lists open positions). On 12 November 2026 the board listed 105 postings, 81 of them flexible-hours roles (Generative AI Associate, AI Evaluator, AI Training Specialist, Data AI Annotator and similar titles), nearly all remote in the US.

2. 2

   Read the tasks, requirements and rate

   Each posting lists the work: rating and ranking AI answers, labeling content, writing prompts and responses, rewriting and summarizing text, transcribing and translating. It then states the degree and English level it needs and the expected hourly rate.

3. 3

   Fill in the application

   Give your name, email, phone and resume, your education level, degree and field of study, your expected hourly rate, your state, your English level and any other languages. Then answer the age, work authorization and 'Have you ever worked for Innodata?' questions, and whether Innodata may text you about your application.

4. 4

   Take the skills test if you are invited

   The postings describe no test, but Generative AI Associate candidates on Glassdoor report a timed online test with an English part and a part in the domain they chose, and a grammar test before the interview; one calls the initial writing assessment long.

5. 5

   Do a short interview

   Candidates describe a one-on-one or phone interview, often short and with a recruiter, with general questions such as why they want to work there and what they like about AI.

6. 6

   Clear any background check

   Of the 8 Glassdoor interview reports for the role, 12% mention a background check and 12% a personality test.

7. 7

   Start on a project

   The postings place the work in Innodata's Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Demand program: 'not a traditional full-time role' but part-time, remote, flexible and project-specific, on your own schedule. They do not say how many hours a project offers.

Tips to get accepted

• Apply to the posting for the state you live in: most flexible-hours roles are posted once per US state, a few accept the whole US, and the form asks your state.
• Look at its better-paid flexible roles too: on 12 November 2026 the PhD associate paid $25 to $30 an hour, voice actors $25 to $30, AI voice evaluation $20 to $25 and the Turkish-speaking associate $15 to $20.
• Before you accept, ask whether the role is employment or a contract and how often you are paid: the flexible-hours postings do not say. Its 3-month voice evaluation posting does: a W2, full-time contract of 40 hours a week.
• Innodata says it never asks for payment, banking details or sensitive personal information during the application process. If someone does, report it to verifyjoboffer@innodata.com and to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
• Plan for uneven work: Glassdoor reviewers of the Generative AI Associate role describe months without projects and layoffs with little or no notice, and rate the role 2.4/5.