--- title: 'M&E Associate (Quantitative Research & Internal monitoring) at Karya' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/m-e-associate-quantitative-research-internal-monitoring-karya-remote-8s98kzvnsz18' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # M&E Associate (Quantitative Research & Internal monitoring) at Karya - **Company:** Karya - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2024-10-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/karya/jobs/4190753008 ## Job description About Karya: Why was Karya on the [cover of the Time Magazine](https://time.com/6297403/the-workers-behind-ai-rarely-see-its-rewards-this-indian-startup-wants-to-fix-that/) , [highlighted by Satya Nadella](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY2CpA05IWI&t=3015s) , and [chosen by Google as its partner for Project Vaani](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/under-bhashini-iisc-to-open-source-16000-hours-of-speech-data/articleshow/111639325.cms?from=mdr)? In part, because Karya is on a mission to provide AI enabled earning and learning opportunities to economically underserved communities, thereby building a pathway out of poverty for them. Karya achieves this while also delivering high quality, timely, and price competitive data to its clients. Karya’s workers make at least 20 times the Indian minimum wage and through our one-of-a-kind digital work platform, we have delivered over 40 million digital tasks and are poised to positively impact over 100 thousand workers by the end of the year. In the coming years, our goal is to rapidly scale our impact by bringing economic opportunities to millions of underserved users in India. ## Key Responsibilities Quantitative Research: - Index Development: Support design and development of socio-economic indices using unit-level datasets. - Impact Estimation: Statistical impact assessment using statistical software such as R or Stata, including Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) or quasi-experimental methods. - Sample Size Estimation: Calculate and validate appropriate sample sizes for surveys and impact assessments. - Survey Tool Development: Design survey tools tailored for social and development sector projects. - Data Handling: Experience extracting and work with development sector datasets (NFHS, PLFS, etc.), or demonstrate a strong desire to learn and apply these data sources. - Data Validation: Validate and triangulate survey data using robust methodologies. - Mixed Methods: Combine qualitative and quantitative research approaches to ensure comprehensive analysis. - Publications (Preferred): Candidates with prior publications will be given preference. Internal Monitoring & Data Management: - Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to co-develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) at the input, activity, and output levels for various projects. - Data Management: Consolidate disparate datasets using Excel (pivots, VLOOKUPs) and other tools to ensure seamless data integration and basic visualization. - Development Sector Understanding: Demonstrate an understanding of the broader development and social sector landscape, with a specific interest in poverty-related issues. - Technical Skills: Familiarity with SQL, strong Excel skills, and basic knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP) are desirable. Skills and Competencies: - Analyst: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related fields with at least 1 year of relevant full time work experience. - Associate: Master’s degree in Economics, Public Policy, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or related fields with at least 1 year of work experience. - Specialist: Master’s degree in Economics, Public Policy, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or related fields with a 3 or more  years of work experience. - Prior experience working with unit-level datasets such as NFHS, PLFS, or similar. - Previous experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, designing KPIs, impact estimation, and monitoring frameworks in development projects is preferred. - Publication in relevant academic or policy journals is a strong advantage. Karya is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability. Karya invites all qualified interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search to apply for a career opportunity, reach out at hr@karya.in. ## About Karya ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: AI Data Services, Language Technology, Ethical Data Collection, Impact Tech - **Target customers**: B2B – AI labs (e.g., Google DeepMind, Microsoft), enterprises building multilingual AI systems, government and public-sector AI initiatives - **Mission**: “Create dignified digital work that improves livelihoods while shaping AI systems that reflect the people who build them.” [karya.in](https://www.karya.in/about/mission/) ## Products & Services - **Conversational Speech Datasets**: Large-scale datasets across 22 official Indian languages for speech recognition and conversational AI. [karya.in](https://www.karya.in/) - **Evaluation Benchmarks (Samiksha)**: National-scale evaluation frameworks covering 6 Indian languages, 17 models, and 4 key domains (healthcare, agriculture, finance, law, education, public services). [karya.in](https://www.karya.in/) - **Data Collection & Annotation Services**: Domain-specific transcription, localized translation, and multimodal dataset creation (including egocentric datasets for physical/embodied AI). [karya.in](https://www.karya.in/) - **Karya Platform (PaaS)**: A digital work platform that distributes AI-data microtasks to rural workers, enabling human-in-the-loop evaluation and bias mitigation. [karya.in](https://www.karya.in/) and [linkedin.com](https://in.linkedin.com/company/karya-inc) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Total Funding**: USD $1,000,000 (grant from Google.org, led by Google.org, November 2024) [linkedin.com](https://in.linkedin.com/company/karya-inc) - **Key Metric**: Over 130,000 workers have completed 65+ million paid digital tasks; 99 employees (45.8% YoY growth) [linkedin.com](https://in.linkedin.com/company/karya-inc) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Google.org (grant), Google DeepMind, Microsoft, partnerships with leading AI labs; expanded to Kenya and Ethiopia [karya.in](https://www.karya.in/about/mission/) - **Growth Signals**: Launched Karya Institute (2025) to explore the future of work in AI; published research at CHI 2019 and LREC 2020; spun out of Microsoft Research; presented to Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai [karya.in](https://www.karya.in/about/mission/) ## Competitive Advantages - **Ethical & Inclusive Data Sourcing**: Karya’s platform directly benefits low-income rural workers by paying fair wages, differentiating itself from exploitative data labeling models. - **Deep Focus on Underrepresented Languages**: Specializes in 22 Indian languages and underserved communities globally, creating datasets that major AI companies cannot easily replicate. - **End-to-End Pipeline**: Offers data collection, annotation, evaluation, and deployment – a vertically integrated stack for multilingual AI. - **Research-Backed Origin**: Born from Microsoft Research, giving it credibility and technical depth in crowdsourced work and language technology. ## Strategic Focus - **Geographic Expansion**: Pilots in Kenya and Ethiopia to replicate the model for African languages and communities. - **“Earn & Learn” Strategy**: Developing pathways for workers to gain skills and move out of poverty, combining earning with upskilling. - **Karya Institute**: Research arm exploring the future of digital work and AI’s impact on low-income communities. - **Product Diversification**: Moving beyond data collection into evaluation benchmarks and platform-as-a-service for enterprise clients. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven Culture**: Join a team committed to using AI for social impact – creating dignified work and inclusive AI systems. - **Growth Trajectory**: Rapidly scaling (45% headcount growth YoY) with opportunities to shape operations, technology, and impact in India and Africa. - **Work Policy**: Mix of office (Bangalore) and remote roles (e.g., Visual & Motion Designer Remote, Health Program Lead Remote) as seen on the careers page. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/karya) - **Engineering & Research Focus**: Strong technical team (29% in technical roles) with backgrounds from Microsoft, Wadhwani AI, and top Indian institutes. Work on cutting-edge NLP, speech, and multimodal AI. - **Notable Perks**: The chance to work directly with global AI labs (Google DeepMind, Microsoft) and present to top tech leaders. Limited employer reviews (2.0/5.0 from 1 review on LinkedIn) – candidate should research culture further. ## Sources 1. [karya.in – Homepage](https://www.karya.in/) 2. [karya.in – About/Mission](https://www.karya.in/about/mission/) 3. [LinkedIn – Karya Company Page](https://in.linkedin.com/company/karya-inc) 4. 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