29.455, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics: Linguist, PRO Unlimited @ Facebook

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LINGUIST List: Vol-29-455. Fri Jan 26 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.455, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics: Linguist, PRO Unlimited @ Facebook

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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:39:41
From: Kate Davis [katedavis at fb.com]
Subject: English; Computational Linguistics: Linguist, PRO Unlimited @ Facebook, Washington, USA

 
University or Organization: PRO Unlimited @ Facebook 
Department: IT/Engineering & Mobile
Job Location: Washington, USA 
Web Address: http://prounlimited.com/proqrg/fb/
Job Title: Linguist
Job Rank: Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

We're looking for linguists to develop data infrastructure for Natural
Language Processing systems across products. We need people who can articulate
their positions and intuitions while seeking common ground with others. 

We value expertise in any sub-fields of linguistics. No matter your
experience, you should be passionate about your area and arrive ready to
describe your favorite research project. You should have experience
developing/evaluating theories that capture linguistic generalizations while
also being precise, concise, and implementable. 

You are open to programming and data processing techniques; you have written
some code and are willing to learn more. You should understand basic
programming concepts: at a minimum, you can write scripts for manipulating
text files. 

You know that language data is the underpinning of all current language
technologies. You love practical language analysis as well as theoretical. You
understand basic statistics and experimental design. You bring a unique skill
set to the table and are eager to adapt it to a diverse range of products and
problems.

Successful candidates will be engaged in general responsibilities and at least
one specialized role.

General Responsibilities:
- Collaboratively develop complex and consistent linguistic analyses
- Pilot new label sets to test their feasibility
- Determine quality standards for annotation
- Annotate language data with linguistic information
- Curate large amounts of annotated data by analyzing annotations, comparing
annotations to guidelines, and building gold analyses
 
Specialized Roles:
- An Ontology Manager to create and revise hierarchical label sets for natural
language based on the needs of the product team
- A Tools Developer to generate tools for data annotation, data storage, and
quality evaluation with an eye towards the long-term
- A Data Quality Engineer to monitor data collection, compile statistics, and
ensure data quality
- A Technical Writer to distill complex concepts and group consensus into
accessible guidelines
- A Grammar Developer to write regular expressions and Context-Free Grammars
for data validation, named entity recognition, information extraction, etc.
- A Dialog Generator to conceptualize and create systems for Natural Language
Generation
- A Designer to connect linguistic analyses and system APIs to provide a
smooth user experience

Qualifications:
- Academic degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Language
Technologies, or related field
- Interest and experience in various areas of linguistics, including
pragmatics, semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, phonetics, discourse
analysis, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, and
field work
- Ability to formulate, articulate, and describe concepts and hypotheses that
are broad enough to capture high-level concepts and specific enough to
formalize as rules
- Collaborative and solution-oriented attitude
- Eagerness to learn new skills and adapt to a changing environment
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Enthusiasm for detail work and ability to focus for significant portions of
the work day
- Experience with basic programming techniques and familiarity with languages
such as Python, PHP, Perl, and C#
- Ability to speak and write in English fluently and idiomatically

Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree and/or industry experience
- Fluency in two or more natural languages
- Familiarity with version control, unit tests, and other programming best
practices



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://bit.ly/2ne9ji9 
Contact Information:
	Mr. Jordon Zentz 
	Email: jordonz at fb.com 


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