Linguist II - German (Computational)

TEKsystems • NY

312d • $40 - $50

About The Position

We are looking for a Linguist to help us develop language components for a variety of voice-enabled technologies and products. We are seeking candidates with native or near-native fluency in German with strong linguistic data analysis and language technology experience to manage data collection, data synthesis, and data annotation tasks, translation-localization, and ML model improvements. The main function of a Linguist is to determine Assistant data needs and set a strategic vision for data-based model and product improvements.

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience with language annotation or other forms of data markup and tagging.
• Native or Fluent in German.
• Python scripting and SQL experience to pull data and write queries.
• Knowledge of phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, dialectology, and other areas of linguistics.
• Experience of analyzing language data, solving language issues.
• Intermediate Python, SQL skills and solid Regex knowledge.
• Self-motivated and stay on top of owned areas proactively.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Team player and comfortable with fast-paced workflow.
• Take responsibility for task completion and schedule and be diligent to achieve the goals.
• Able to work in not-fully-defined projects/space and proactively debug and seek out solutions.

Nice To Haves

• PhD in Linguistics or Romance languages, language technologies, computational linguistics, speech science, or related field.
• Experience with database queries and data analysis processes i.e. SQL, spreadsheets, R, Unix or others.
• Intermediate or above skills in Python.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks, NLP Libraries, and Tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide linguistic expertise in the areas of phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP.
• Build datasets, run and modify data pipelines, and train, analyze, evaluate machine learning models.
• Build rules in rule-based systems, and improve data quality/coverage with scripts when needed to improve ML models.
• Clearly communicate with project stakeholders.
• Identify best practices and improve procedures across data systems.
• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, conversation designers, researchers, engineers, and product managers to improve a digital assistant.
• Share work and give feedback to teammates.
• Collaborate with other linguists and data operations teams in data collection, data curation, translation, localization, and annotation efforts.
• Create annotation systems and guidelines.
• Evaluate and curate data sets for ML models.
• Assess model and data quality.
• Collaboratively develop complex and consistent linguistic analyses.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision.
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available.
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents).
• Short and long-term disability.
• Health Spending Account (HSA).
• Transportation benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree