Computational Linguist

Job Title: Linguist II

Locations: Remote

Duration: 6 Months Contract on W2 (Possible Extension)

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 French, Spanish, and/or Italian 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.

Must-Have Skills:

1. Native or near-native fluency in French, Spanish, and/or Italian; and awareness of French, Spanish, and/or Italian linguistic, cultural, and local norms

2. Familiar with Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications

3. Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics

AND Bachelor’s degree

Nice-to-have Skills:

1. Experience with database queries and data analysis processes (i.e. SQL, spreadsheets, R, Unix, or others)

2. Proficiency in Python

3. Experience with machine learning frameworks, NLP Libraries and Tools

Job Responsibilities

• Provide linguistic expertise in the areas of syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics

• 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

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in general Linguistics or Linguistics with an emphasis on Romance languages, Computational Linguistics, Speech Science, or related field

• Native or near-native fluency in French, Spanish, and/or Italian

• Awareness of French, Spanish, and/or Italian linguistic, cultural, and local norms

• Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics

• Experience working with speech and text data in multiple languages

• Familiar with Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment

• Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written\