Shweta Raut
Marlborough ,Massachusetts
Summary
Team Manager with linguistic data operations experience, progressing from Data Associate to Manager at Amazon Alexa. Experienced in speech data annotation, localization, and NLP data training for Hindi and English (India), including transcript review and intent evaluation, using tools such as Graphiq and internal annotation platforms. Prior professional experience in the entertainment and media industry.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work history
Team Manager
Amazon
Cambridge, UK
2020.01 - 2025.05
- Led multicultural, globally distributed team of Language Engineers, Support Engineers, and Data Analysts, managing hiring, onboarding, and performance.
- Provided technical and linguistic guidance for language data creation and localization supporting Alexa device functionality.
- Worked with internal tools such as Graphiq and annotation/data management platforms to support language data creation, review, and operational workflows.
- Partnered with engineering teams, country managers, and senior stakeholders to resolve issues and improve customer experience.
- Monitored market trends, cultural events, and news in India to ensure Alexa features and responses remained locally relevant and culturally accurate.
Data Associate
Amazon
Cambridge, UK
2017.07 - 2019.12
- Contributed to Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ML data training for Alexa devices in international markets (Hindi / English-India).
- Annotated and processed speech transcripts and labeled datasets, including Devanagari script for Hindi Alexa devices, to generate high-quality ground truth data.
- Evaluated speech recognition performance by assessing intent recognition accuracy and transcription quality.
- Performed error analysis on speech and audio datasets, identifying issues related to misrecognitions, accents, background noise, and dialect variations.
- Supported language localization by applying knowledge of regional accents, cultural nuances, idioms, pronunciation, and linguistic rules while maintaining strict data quality standards.
- Worked with internal ML data annotation platforms, data capture systems, and quality tracking tools to process datasets and meet productivity and accuracy targets.
Associate Casting Director
Endemol /Freelance
Mumbai, India
2014.01 - 2015.12
- Coordinated talent sourcing and auditions, identifying suitable actors and performers in collaboration with casting director and production team.
- Managed casting logistics and communication, including scheduling auditions, coordinating with agents, and maintaining talent databases.
Education
Master of Science - Journalism and Mass Communication
International School of Business and Media
IndiaSkills
- Localization
- Error analysis
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Native language proficiency: Hindi, Marathi
- Tool proficiency: Graphiq, Internal Annotation Platforms, Asana
Timeline
Team Manager
Amazon
2020.01 - 2025.05
Data Associate
Amazon
2017.07 - 2019.12
Associate Casting Director
Endemol /Freelance
2014.01 - 2015.12
Master of Science - Journalism and Mass Communication
International School of Business and Media