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Justin Sharps
Justin is the Head of Product Engineering at Encord. As Head of Product Engineering, he’s captivated by the potential of applying software engineering practices to scale the development of fundamental technologies. He is driven to advance software and AI daily. He leveraged a background in biochemical engineering to explore computational biology and move full-time into software engineering. He’s been fortunate to lead international technology teams at startups throughout his career and sees productizing and communicating technologies and their applications as a core step in the last mile of delivering value from technological progress.
Justin holds a B.S. in Chemical-Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
All articles by Justin Sharps

Data Curation Best Practices for AI: A Step-by-Step Framework

The Future of ADAS Software Architecture: Why Data is the Hidden Layer

Audio Annotation for AI: From Speech to Sound Recognition

Human-in-the-loop (HITL) in Autonomous Vehicles: why human oversight is the missing link

Streamlining LLM Data Workflows: A Deep Dive into Encord's Unified Platform

Encord Product Updates: January 2026

Encord Product Updates: February 2026

Pixtral Large Explained
Nov 20 2024
How to Scale 3D Segmentation Pipelines Across Distributed Teams

Webinar Recap: Building Physical AI

Data Curation: What It Is and How It Works

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs): Types, How They Work, and the role of Computer Vision

Best Video Annotation Tools for Logistics 2026
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Best Data Annotation Tools for Physical AI: Ranked & Compared [2026]
Jul 08 2026
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS): Types, Levels & Examples
Jan 20 2026
AI Annotation Platforms with the Best Data Curation (2026)
Mar 03 2026
Smart city computer vision: A practical guide to training data

How to annotate video for machine learning: A Step-by-Step workflow

How to annotate video for ADAS and autonomous driving: A Technical Guide

Data Labeling Quality Control: Consensus, Inter-Annotator Agreement and QA Workflows

Top 9 Audio Annotation Tools
Feb 19 2026
Multimodal Data Labeling: One Pipeline for Image, Video, Audio, Text and 3D

The Complete Guide to Security Video Annotation

3D Object Detection for Autonomous Vehicles: Models, Sensors, and Real-World Challenges

SLAM for Autonomous Vehicles: How Self-Driving Systems Understand and Navigate the World

ADAS Data Annotation: Pipelines, Tooling and QA
Automating Foundation Models with Segment Anything Model (SAM) Using Encord Annotate

2026 Data Labeling Platform Trends: Tools, Workflows, and Automation Insights for ML Teams

7 Best Data Labeling Platforms for 3D & LiDAR in 2026 (Ranked & Compared)

Announcing the launch of SAM 2 in Encord

Top Image Annotation Tools for AI Projects in 2025

Top Data Annotation Platforms for AI Teams in 2025

Top 7 Data Visualisation Tools

Introducing: Upgraded Analytics
Introducing: Upgraded Project Analytics
