28.1628, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Grammarly

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1628. Tue Apr 04 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1628, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Grammarly

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Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 09:49:19
From: Anna Ponochevnaya [anna.ponochevnaya at grammarly.com]
Subject: English; Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Grammarly, USA

 
University or Organization: Grammarly 
Job Location: , USA 
Web Address: https://www.grammarly.com/about
Job Title: Computational linguist
Job Rank: Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

Summary:

Grammarly is a bootstrapped, profitable company with millions of registered
users. Grammarly’s automated proofreader helps the world’s 2 billion English
speakers improve the quality of their writing.

We are looking for a curious computational linguist with an interest in
natural language processing, a passion for English, and excellent knowledge of
English grammar. Join us for a chance to work with an awesome team of
linguists, software engineers, and world-class scientific advisors on the
creation of state-of-the-art technology for perfecting written English.

What You Will Accomplish:

- Analyze natural language, recognize patterns and exceptions to them
- Use rule-based and statistical methods in natural language processing to
develop and improve error-correction checks
- Create and improve test and training data for our NLP applications; work
with corpora and dictionaries
- Research different modes, genres, and styles of writing to improve
Grammarly’s performance for them. Participate in the development of new checks
for text improvement
- Perform programming projects in the area of text processing and analysis
- Over time, participate in ML/DL research and development for NLP

Qualifications:

- M.S. in linguistics, computational linguistics, or another
linguistics-related discipline
- Fluent English, great understanding of English grammar, syntax, semantics,
and usage, especially in writing
- At least 1 year of experience in computational linguistics/NLP
- Basic programming experience and a desire to acquire programming skills are
a must
- Basic knowledge and understanding of natural language processing algorithms
- An open, honest, kind, and cheerful disposition, plus a decent sense of
humor
- Experience teaching English as a first or a second language preferred

About Grammarly:

Built by linguists and language lovers, Grammarly’s writing app finds and
corrects hundreds of complex writing errors — so you don’t have to. Millions
of users worldwide trust Grammarly’s free and premium products, which are also
licensed by more than 600 leading universities and corporations. Grammarly is
an Inc. 500 company with offices in San Francisco, New York and Kyiv.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: anna.ponochevnaya at grammarly.com 
Contact Information:
	Recruiter Anna Ponochevnaya 
	Email: anna.ponochevnaya at grammarly.com 


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