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Linguist, Ontology (8784716)
IT/Engineering and Mobile - Redmond, WA - Contracted
Linguist (Ontology)
We're looking for linguists to develop data infrastructure for Natural Language
Processing systems across products. We need people who can articulate their
positions and intuitions while seeking common ground with others.
We value expertise in any sub-field of linguistics. No matter your experience,
you should be passionate about your area and arrive ready to describe your
favorite research project. You should have experience developing/evaluating
theories that capture linguistic generalizations while also being precise,
concise, and implementable.
You are open to programming and data processing techniques; you have written
some code and are willing to learn more. You should understand basic programming
concepts: you know what a variable is and the purpose of functions. You don’t
have to be a wizard, but at a minimum, you can write scripts for manipulating
text files.
You know that language data is the underpinning of all current language
technologies. You love practical language analysis as well as theoretical. You
understand basic statistics and experimental design. You bring a unique skill
set to the table and are eager to adapt it to a diverse range of products and
problems.
The successful candidate will be engaged in general responsibilities and at
least one specialized role.
General Responsibilities
Collaboratively develop complex and consistent linguistic analyses
Pilot new label sets to test their feasibility
Determine quality standards for annotation
Annotate language data with linguistic information
Curate large amounts of annotated data by analyzing annotations, comparing
annotations to guidelines, and building gold analyses
Specialized Roles
An Ontology Manager to create and revise hierarchical label sets for natural
language based on the needs of the product team
A Tools Developer to generate tools for data annotation, data storage, and
quality evaluation with an eye towards the long-term
A Data Quality Engineer to monitor data collection, compile statistics, and
ensure data quality
A Technical Writer to distill complex concepts and group consensus into
accessible guidelines
A Grammar Developer to write regular expressions and Context-Free Grammars for
data validation, named entity recognition, information extraction, etc.
A Dialog Generator to conceptualize and create systems for Natural Language
Generation
A Designer to connect linguistic analyses and system APIs to provide a smooth
user experience
Qualifications
Academic degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Language
Technologies, or related field
Interest and experience in various areas of linguistics, including pragmatics,
semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, phonetics, discourse analysis,
sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, and field work
Ability to formulate, articulate, and describe concepts and hypotheses that are
broad enough to capture high-level concepts and specific enough to formalize as
rules
Collaborative and solution-oriented attitude
Eagerness to learn new skills and adapt to a changing environment
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Enthusiasm for detail work and ability to focus for significant portions of the
work day
Experience with basic programming techniques and familiarity with languages such
as Python, PHP, Perl, and C#
Ability to speak and write in English fluently and idiomatically
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree and/or industry experience
Fluency in two or more natural languages
Familiarity with version control, unit tests, and other programming best
practices
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