29.4096, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Merriam-Webster, Inc

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Subject: 29.4096, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Merriam-Webster, Inc

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:10:14
From:  Staffing [Staffing at eb.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Merriam-Webster, Inc, USA

 
University or Organization: Merriam-Webster, Inc 
Job Location: , USA 
Web Address: https://www.merriam-webster.com/
Job Title: Computational Linguist, Special Projects
Job Rank: Computational Linguist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

Are you interested in building new and creative tools for learners and lovers
of the English language? Merriam-Webster is seeking a computational linguist
to help us develop and deliver new language products to our app and website
visitors.
 
About Merriam-Webster:
For 180 years, in print and online, Merriam-Webster has been America’s leading
and most trusted publisher of language-related reference works. The
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary® is one of the best-selling books in
American history.
 
Merriam-Webster’s websites and apps garner over 3 billion page views annually,
and the brand has won numerous awards and garnered extensive press coverage
for its products and social media presence.

Responsibilities:
Candidate will work with product and editorial team on projects involving new
word detection, word choice and comparisons, lexicographic data analysis, and
other areas of language data processing. An ideal candidate will also have the
passion and ability to create new features and products out of lexical data
and language corpora.

Requirements:
- Advanced Degree in computational linguistics (or working toward such a
degree).
- Hands-on experience in corpus linguistics, including knowledge of widely
used English language corpora and the ability to develop new corpora from a
variety of sources.
- Experience with use of one or more programming languages (Python, C/C++) in
data analysis and manipulation.
- Familiarity with Scikit-learn, SciPy, SpaCy, NLTK
- Extensive knowledge of English grammar, syntax, semantics, and usage.

Preferred:
- Previous experience working with dictionary and/or thesaurus data.
- Hands-on experience with NLP libraries and statistical methods in NLP.
- Published work in syntactic and semantic analysis of corpus data.
- Fluency in Spanish, French, Chinese, other language

This role can be located in either our Springfield, MA or NYC office. To
apply, send resume and cover letter to the application email provided below.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: linguistjob at m-w.com 
Contact Information
	Staffing 
	Email: linguistjob at m-w.com 


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