24.2842, Jobs: Multiple Languages; Comp Ling; NLP; Information Extraction: Developer, SAP

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Subject: 24.2842, Jobs: Multiple Languages; Comp Ling; NLP; Information Extraction: Developer, SAP

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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:07:03
From: Brent Schreckengost [brent.schreckengost at sap.com]
Subject: Multiple Languages; Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing; Information Extraction: Developer, SAP, Massachusetts, USA

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University or Organization: SAP 
Department: TIP HANA Core
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA 
Web Address: http://www.sap.com
Job Rank: Developer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing; Information Extraction

Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
                      Hebrew (heb) 
                      Japanese (jpn) 
                      Korean (kor) 
                      Turkish (tur) 

Description:

Do you demand the best from your professional career? Are you inspired by
excellence? At SAP, you will have the power to make a real impact. As the
global market leader for business software, SAP helps companies and
organizations in more than 25 industries to run better.

Purpose and Objectives:
The Text Analysis team at SAP focuses on the development of Natural Language
Processing (NLP) Information Extraction technologies. The team combines the
talents of computational linguists and skilled software engineers to deliver
best-of-breed Text Analysis functionality in all major languages. This
groundbreaking technology includes a comprehensive set of advanced text
analysis tools such as search, categorization, and entity extraction that is
being used in SAP applications ranging from business intelligence to semantic
search.

Expectations and Tasks:
- Assumes ownership of one or more language modules in our NLP products
- Creates, maintains and augments machine-readable dictionaries, grammar rules
and parsing algorithms
- Develops and maintains tools for the automation and support of linguistic
tasks
- Enhances the accuracy of our core technologies
- Optimizes the performance of core engines to achieve breakthrough results
- Researches and implements new functionality

Education and Qualifications/Skills and Competencies:
- Minimum of B.A. in Computational Linguistics or equivalent and 2+ years of
experience in the NLP industry, or M.A. in Computational Linguistics or
equivalent
- Native or near-native knowledge of a major world language (preferably
Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew or Chinese) in addition to English
- Strong background in syntax and morphology
- Proficiency in at least one data manipulation language (Perl or Python
preferred)
- Understanding of statistical approaches to NLP (e.g., Bayesian algorithms,
HMMs, SVMs, supervised or unsupervised learning)
- Familiarity with UNIX environments

Work Experience:
- Experience with regex languages and finite state automata for NLP
applications
- Experience developing named entity recognition functionality or in-depth
knowledge of other text-based linguistic applications
- Experience working in a production-oriented development environment
- Agile/SCRUM development processes

SAP's Diversity Commitment:
To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its
diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the
unique competencies that each person brings to the company.

Location: Cambridge, MA
Work Area: Software - Development Operations
Expected Travel: 0% - 10%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://careercenter.sap.com/sap/bc/bsp/rcfuix/flex_ui_ext/saperecruiting.html?jobId=E2DF537048B492F1B85F005056B66A48 
Contact Information:
	Brent Schreckengost 
	Email: brent.schreckengost at sap.com 





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