19.3244, Jobs: Taxonomies, NLP: Knowledge Base Engineer, Mountain View Start-Up

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Subject: 19.3244, Jobs: Taxonomies, NLP: Knowledge Base Engineer, Mountain View Start-Up

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Date: 24-Oct-2008
From: Shelley Smith < ssmith2004 at gmail.com >
Subject: Taxonomies, NLP: Knowledge Base Engineer, Mountain View Start-Up Environment, CA, USA

 

	
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:05:43
From: Shelley Smith [ssmith2004 at gmail.com]
Subject: Taxonomies, NLP: Knowledge Base Engineer, Mountain View Start-Up Environment, CA, USA

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University or Organization: Mountain View Start-Up Environment 
Job Location: California, USA 
Job Rank: Knowledge Base Engineer  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Taxonomies, Knowledge Base


Description:

We are seeking a talented Knowledge Base Engineer to help us build, expand
and refine taxonomies that serve as the basis of an intelligent search
engine that matches jobs and candidates. 

If you are interested in natural language and are trained in linguistics or
related field, if you like to research and organize new information, and
would enjoy learning more about the wide range of jobs that exist in the
world, then this might be the job for you.

Essential functions:

The ideal candidate will successfully build, enhance, test, and maintain
in-house taxonomies, and assist with other areas of the development
process.  Specifically:

-  Proactively identify and develop concepts and terms for new industries
or functional areas based on:
   *Data from in-house text analysis tools
   *Supporting research of secondary source materials
   *Consultation with Subject Matter Experts
-  Refine and improve existing definitions in the Knowledge Base
-  Contribute to job and resume test suites
-  Troubleshoot, fix, verify, and document reported matching problems
-  Maintain accurate, current records in our bug tracking system and
documentation archives

Qualifications:

Educational background:
-  Minimum BA/BS and well-rounded education 
-  Linguistic training and practical experience, especially in the fields
of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, lexicography
-  Strong language skills, with foreign language ability a big plus
-  Some familiarity with computational linguistics, natural language
processing, or text retrieval would be useful

Relevant skills and experience: 
-  Experience building or working with taxonomies or ontologies highly
desirable
-  Interest in exploring, understanding and organizing data from fields
outside your current areas of expertise
-  Strong logical, analytical, organizational abilities with a high level
of common sense and excellent follow-through
-  Self-motivated, energetic, good attention to detail, fast learner 
-  Some programming experience and use of scripting tools in a Unix/Linux
environment
-  Commitment to meeting deadlines

This position is located in Mountain View, CA, in a small start-up environment.


Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: ssmith2004 at gmail.com 
Contact Information:
	Shelley Smith 
	Email: ssmith2004 at gmail.com 





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