25.4890, Jobs: Russian; Computational Linguistics: Russian Knowledge Worker / Search Quality Engineer, Ntent

Wed Dec 3 19:33:58 UTC 2014

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Subject: 25.4890, Jobs: Russian; Computational Linguistics: Russian Knowledge Worker / Search Quality Engineer, Ntent

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Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:33:53
From: Sonja Burnand [sburnand at ntent.com]
Subject: Russian; Computational Linguistics: Russian Knowledge Worker / Search Quality Engineer, Ntent, California, USA

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University or Organization: Ntent 
Department: Research & Development
Job Location: California, USA 
Web Address: www.ntent.com
Job Title: Russian Knowledge Worker / Search Quality Engineer
Job Rank: Other; Russian Knowledge Worker / Search Quality Engineer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Russian (rus)

Description:

The company is looking for a Russian Knowledge Worker / Search Quality
Engineer who will be working in our growing Russian R&D team. The
responsibilities include testing and improving the quality of search results
returned by the search engine or ad matching engine, as well as maintaining
the extensive ontology by creating, deleting and revising concepts in
knowledge base. Search Quality Engineer/Knowledge Worker will report to the
manager of the Russian Linguistic Team. He or she will interface with
Ontology, Linguistic and Engineering teams.

Duties:
- Establish quality standards and enforce them in all project phases.
- Perform functional test of various parts of the search platform.
- Perform content quality evaluation by running popular queries and review the
search results to ensure quality.
- Perform ad matching quality evaluation by running popular queries and
reviewing the suggested adverts.
- Maintain the extensive ontology by creating, deleting and revising concepts
in an existing knowledge base.
- Coordinate crowd-sourced evaluations of the search results, analyze the
results and determine how to remedy the quality problem (coverage, ontology,
ranking, facets, and software defect).
- Review daily quality evaluation reports and investigate problems.

Requirements:
We are looking for someone who, aside from being passionate about providing
the highest quality search results to customers, has excellent communication
skills and a very strong team spirit.

Education and/or Relevant Experience:
- Native fluency in Russian and a deep understanding of the Russian culture
are required
- Ability to dive deep into problem areas and suggest solutions
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work well with other
departments and varying levels of management
- Prior experience in measuring search quality is desirable
- BA or MA in Linguistics is a plus.

Application Deadline: 30-Jun-2015 (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: sburnand at ntent.com 
Contact Information:
	In-House Recruiter Sonja Burnand 
	Email: sburnand at ntent.com 
	Phone: 760 208 2045 

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