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

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Subject: 28.913, Jobs:  Computational Linguistics: Software Engineer, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH)

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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:15:07
From: Sven Schmeier [Sven.Schmeier at dfki.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Software Engineer, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH), Berlin, Germany

 
University or Organization: DFKI 
Department: Language Technology
Job Location: Berlin, Germany 
Job Title: Software Engineer
Job Rank: Other; Software Engineer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH) is seeking
for its Language Technology Lab in Berlin to fill two full-time positions as
Software Engineers, primarily in the areas of system development and web
application development.   

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 a related
discipline.    

Expertise and experience in the following areas is expected:

- Java development
- Web Services / Web application development including PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and
JavaScript / jQuery
- Strong computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures)

Experience in these areas is a plus:

- Web UI/UX Design & Visualization
- Experience with web app frameworks such as Play
- Experience with any other programming language, such as Python, Matlab, R or
Scala
- Understanding of basic ML and NLP algorithms and concepts
- Understanding of software architecture and object-oriented design

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
- Ability 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

How to Apply

Please send your electronic application (preferably in PDF format) to Prof.
Dr. Hans Uszkoreit and Dr. Sven Schmeier (see email addresses for application
below) referring to job opening No. 16-17/HU. A meaningful application should
include a cover letter, a recent CV, and a brief summary of professional
interests, as well as contact information for three references.



Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2017 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: Hans.Uszkoreit at dfki.de, Sven.Schmeier at dfki.de 
Contact Information:
	Dr. Sven Schmeier 
	Email: Sven.Schmeier at dfki.de 


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