30.3175, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Programmer, LoveToKnow Media

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Subject: 30.3175, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Programmer, LoveToKnow Media

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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:06:43
From: Mattia Mela [mattia.mela at lovetoknow.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Programmer, LoveToKnow Media, Barcelona, Spain

 University or Organization: LoveToKnow Media 
Department: YourDictionary
Job Location: Barcelona, Spain 
Web Address: https://yourdictionary.com
Job Title: Computational Linguist Engineer
Job Rank: Programmer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

Join a fast-growing portfolio of consumer digital media properties that total
30M users per month. If you are looking to help establish modern development
practices and to provide backend development guidance to other teams, then we
want to speak with you.

Above all else, you are a software artisan with a passionate desire to craft
elegant yet pragmatic solutions for every task you are given. This role spans
leadership and planning, you will report directly to the Product Manager.You
will initially be working on a large PHP 5 / Symfony 1.4 based website. Your
work will be high impact and highly visible—this is a profitable, public
website with millions of monthly visitors.

Due to immigration reasons, we're only able to accept candidates holding an EU
member state passport or an EU Blue Card.

Why you want this job:
- LoveToKnowMedia brings Silicon Valley to Barcelona. You will be part of a
superb team of professionals building one of the fastest-growing digital brand
names.
- You'll work in a premium office, at a convenient location in the main
district in Barcelona.
- Receive recognition and rewards for achieving your business goals.
- Help with relocation if needed.
- Flexible schedule, multicultural office environment.
- English and Spanish language courses, tech training, and conferences covered
by the company.
- Flexible retribution on public transportation, restaurants, and
kindergarten.
- Drinks/snacks, and discounts on gym fees and other services.

About the role:
- Maintain and enhance the existing codebase.
- Mature the site's development practices and processes to include automated
unit, integration, and acceptance testing; automated builds and deploys;
continuous integration; and other tools/processes you deem appropriate.
- Guide the transition of the site's framework and architectural design to a
more modern approach of loosely coupled services and frameworks.
- Mentor other developers working both on this site and other projects who are
utilizing a wide variety of technologies.
- Coordinate with our product, graphic design, and content teams to understand
requirements.
- Architect and implement code and processes following industry standards and
best practices.
- Manipulate and enhance lexical data.
- Support NLP (symbolic and statistical methods) needs of different dictionary
and language-related products.

What you will need to be successful:
- Fluent in multiple programming languages and constantly learning new
technologies.
- Deep understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including the
following:

- Object-oriented analysis, design, and programming
- Software design patterns
- Data structures
- Algorithms

- Strong background in automating software testing, delivery, and
infrastructure changes.

- Strong background in NLP data and tools. Knowledge in some of the following
fields:

- Machine learning
- Pattern recognition
- Semantic annotation
- Words disambiguation in context
- Word Embeddings
- Sentence level semantics
- Word Level Semantics
- Word sense alignment
- POS tagging
- Relation extraction
- Sentiment analysis

- Familiar with data modeling and database design.
- 5+ years of engineering websites and services.
- Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Computer Science or equivalent.
- Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral.
- Experience utilizing and automating cloud computing services a plus.

To apply, please see the application link provided below.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://lovetoknow-media-corp.breezy.hr/p/fedde9e13e46-computational-linguist-engineer 
Contact Information:
	Mattia Mela 
	Email: admin at yourdictionary.com



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