25.4950, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Software Engineer, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

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Subject: 25.4950, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Software Engineer, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

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Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 22:54:05
From: Feiyu Xu [feiyu at dfki.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Software Engineer, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Berlin, Germany

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University or Organization: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) 
Department: Language Technolgy lab
Job Location: Berlin, Germany 
Web Address: www.dfki.de/lt
Job Title: Software Engineer for Text Analytics
Job Rank: Other; Software Engineer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

The Language Technology Lab of the German Research Center for Artificial
Intelligence (DFKI LT-Lab) offers a position in Berlin, Germany, as Software
Engineer in language technology, primarily in the area of relation extraction
and text analytics.  

We are looking for people who enjoy working in an innovative and enthusiastic
team, love challenges and are passionate about building clever and reliable
systems and tools.  We offer an excellent working environment with close
integration in research projects. The successful applicant will work in a
multi-disciplinary and international team in one of the world’s foremost
research centers in AI and NLP. DFKI Berlin is located in the center of the
dynamic, livable and affordable capital of Germany.

The candidates should have a master degree in computer science or in related
disciplines.  

Expertise and experience in the following areas is expected:

- Java development 
- System implementation in NLP and/or machine learning
- Web technology and/or database technology
- Strong Computer Science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures)

Experience in these areas is a plus:

- Hadoop, Cloudera or other Big Data platforms
- Human language technology, especially information extraction
- Mathematical background (probability & statistics) 
- Understanding of software architecture and object-oriented design
- Other programming and scripting languages (Scala, C++, Python, Pearl.,...)

Expected General Skills:

- Good communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Enjoy working as a member of a team and using their own initiative
- High degree of motivation
- Able to manage own workload and meet deadlines
- Good organizational skills
- Good standard of written and spoken English
- Good standard of written and spoken German is helpful

Pay

Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary based on their
qualifications and experience. 

How to Apply

Please send your electronic application (preferably in PDF format) to Prof.
Hans Uszkoreit and Dr. FeiyuXu (application emails below respectively).
Include into the subject line "job opening No. 91-14/HU".  A meaningful
application should include a cover letter, a recent CV, and a brief summary of
professional interests, and contact information for three references.



Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2015 
	  
Email Address for Applications: uszkoreit at dfki.de, feiyu at dfki.de 
Contact Information:
	Dr, Feiyu Xu 
	Email: feiyu at dfki.de 





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