What it is, where the jobs are, what it hires for and pays, and the open jobs today.
By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 09/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
Surge Labs Inc., doing business as Surge AI, is an American multinational data annotation company based in San Francisco, California. Surge focuses on reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), RL environments, and annotating language data. Customers include Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and U.S. Army Their diverse workforce includes Goldman Sachs Analysts, Stanford Researchers, and U.S Navy SEALs. The company has been described as likely being one of the most successful data labeling companies in the world.
| Fact ⇅ | Value ⇅ |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | San Francisco |
| Website | surgehq.ai |
Surge AI is hiring in 0 states and 0 cities. These are the places with the most openings, which tell you where its work really happens.
| City ⇅ | State ⇅ | Open jobs ⇅ | Share ⇅ | Note ⇅ |
|---|
The mix of roles shows what Surge AI needs right now. Pay is the median of the ranges the employer itself published in its ads (only roles with at least two published ranges).
| Role family ⇅ | Open jobs ⇅ | Typical posted range (median low – median high, yearly) ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Data scientist / Machine learning | 4 | not published |
| Lawyer / Attorney | 3 | not published |
| Recruiter / HR | 3 | not published |
| Marketing | 3 | not published |
| Software engineer / Developer | 3 | not published |
| Other roles | 2 | not published |
| Accountant / Auditor / Tax | 2 | not published |
| Scientist / Researcher / Lab | 2 | not published |
| Project / Program manager | 2 | not published |
| Operations / Supply chain / Logistics | 2 | not published |
| Product manager | 2 | not published |
| Paralegal / Legal assistant | 1 | not published |
| Title ⇅ | Open jobs ⇅ |
|---|---|
| Recruiter | 2 |
| Software Engineer | 2 |
| Total Rewards Lead | 1 |
| Revenue Operations Manager | 1 |
| Corporate Counsel | 1 |
| Legal Operations / Paralegal | 1 |
| IP and Data Privacy Counsel | 1 |
| Labor Counsel | 1 |
| Data Scientist | 1 |
| Sourcer | 1 |
| Controller | 1 |
| Senior Growth & Lifecycle Marketing Lead | 1 |
| Senior Growth Lead | 1 |
| Staff Fullstack Engineer | 1 |
| Staff Product Engineer | 1 |
None of the 35 open listings publishes a pay range, so we do not state one.
Most listings do not state a seniority level.
35 of 35 listings (100%) mention a remote or flexible location.
We counted how often Surge AI's own 35 ads (those with a full description) state each requirement. This shows the filters the ads apply before anyone reads a resume. We have no data on why candidates are rejected after applying, and we do not guess.
Years of experience. 11 of 35 ads (31%) state a number of years. The median is 7 years; 82% ask for 5 or more and 18% for 10 or more.
| Requirement ⇅ | Ads that state it ⇅ | Share of ads ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| 'or equivalent experience' accepted | 3 | 9% |
| Bachelor's degree | 1 | 3% |
| Requirement ⇅ | Ads that state it ⇅ | Share of ads ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Travel mentioned | 1 | 3% |
| Requirement ⇅ | Ads that state it ⇅ | Share of ads ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| python | 6 | 17% |
| typescript | 2 | 6% |
| react | 2 | 6% |
| cpa | 2 | 6% |
| machine learning | 2 | 6% |
| sql | 2 | 6% |
What the hiring process, culture, schedules and benefits are like is not in our sources, so we do not describe it. Read the job ads and the employer's own site.
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35 open jobs today, 2 posted in the last 7 days (updated several times a day).
The ads do not state a city.