| More Information: | Full Time position
Location: MA, CA and Canada
Category: Software Engineering
Location: MA - Burlington
Job Type: Permanent
Position Summary:
As a member of the NLP Research group, the candidate will help develop exciting
natural language applications for consumer devices, primarily smart phones. The
main focus of this position will be the development of models for a statistical
natural language understanding system. The aim is to provide results which
reflect a deep understanding of the intent and which support a useful,
conversational interaction with an increasingly intelligent backend.
Responsibilities:
NLU Research Engineer
Develop and support NLU technology for advanced spoken language applications.
Build and maintain experimental infrastructures. Write grammars and heuristic
reasoning engines, train statistical models and improve underlying software
pipelines. Process user data to improve the performance of statistical NLU
systems. Do error analysis and creatively find solutions to accuracy issues. As
a senior member, you will be required to come up with innovative ideas, to
demonstrate initiative and possibly coordinate the work of more junior team
members.
Qualifications:
Number of Years of Work Experience:
Minimal: PhD or MSc + relevant experience in Computer Science, EE, Computational
Linguistics (with coding skills)
Required Skills:
Software (java), scripting with python or perl. Linux. Excellent verbal and
written communication skills. Should be able to take initiative, but also follow
a plan and work well as part of a team.
Preferred Skills:
machine learning, statistical and rule based language NLP, language skills,
multi-linguism
Education:
Degree in computer science, Computational Linguistics, EE, math or related
field. Advanced degree or related experience required.
We offer a competitive compensation package; including stock options, employee
stock purchase plan, 401(k), full health and welfare benefits and a casual yet
technically challenging work environment. Join our dynamic, entrepreneurial team
and become part of our fast growing track of continuing success. Nuance is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Thanks/Regards,
Rachel D’Cruz
Lead Recruiter
400 W Cummings Park,
Suite#2850
Woburn, MA-01801
Email: rachel@xperttech.com
Phone: 781-497-0968
Fax: 781-207-0709
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