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ThirstySprout

Senior Computational Linguist

ThirstySprout, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127

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Linguists will help build out the NLU workflows and workstreams required by defining and delivering data annotation pipelines, annotation guidelines, golden datasets, training datasets, evaluation criteria, process improvements, upskilling programs, etc. You would be working on the following work streams:

Workstreams

language modeling

building test and evaluation training sets

evaluation and analysis of product features

rules engine, tweaking the engine for the model outputs

triage multimodal features, chatbot experiences, packing the AI into glasses

The role of the computational linguist is to help develop and improve our client’s NLP/NLU systems. Tasks may include but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

Annotating and reviewing linguistic data – part of speech annotation, semantic annotation, phonetic transcription

Collect data and perform data analysis

Labeling text for disambiguation, and (inverse) text normalization

Evaluating current system outputs, detecting incidental and systemic errors and providing solutions

Translation and localization tasks

Creating and evaluating training and test sets

Prompt engineering

Minimum Requirements

Native speaker of the target language and fluent in English

Experience in using, adapting and creating scripts in Python

Knowledge of relational databases and using, adapting and creating SQL queries

Experience in annotation work

Knowledge of semantics, syntax, morphology or lexicography

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Attention to detail and good organizational skills

Be able to work independently with confidence and little oversight

Desired Skills

Degree in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics, or a degree in computer science with a minor in linguistics

Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; learn in-house tools

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