30.4343, Jobs: French; Computational Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon

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Subject: 30.4343, Jobs: French; Computational Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:41:39
From: Kasia Krotki [kasiakr at amazon.com]
Subject: French; Computational Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon, Berlin, Germany

 
University or Organization: Amazon 
Department: Alexa NLU
Job Location: Berlin, Germany 
Web Address: https://www.amazon.com/
Job Title: French Computational Linguist
Job Rank: Language Engineer; Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): French (fra)

Description:

Are you a linguist with technical aptitude? Or are you an engineer with a
passion for (human) languages and linguistics? Come work on Alexa! We are
building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon
products and services. Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new
features to Alexa and by improving the accuracy of our existing speech
recognition and natural language processing systems.

We are seeking a French Language Engineer with experience in linguistic
annotation, ontologies, taxonomies and/or semantic schemas. In this role, you
will be a key member in new feature development and identify and solve issues
directly affecting the customer experience by becoming an expert in annotation
schemas and natural language understanding.

You will:
- Design the natural language processing components of new Alexa experiences
and features by reviewing and debugging grammars and FSTs
- Identify and solve production issues that are impacting the Alexa customer
experience 
- Collaborate with other Language Engineers, Scientists and Data Associates in
creating optimal solutions to elevate the customer experience 
- Advocate strict adherence to annotation guidelines 
- Use modeling tools to bootstrap and test new functionalities

Essential:
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in a relevant field, including Linguistics,
Computational Linguistics and Language Psychology
- 4+ years experience in computational linguistics, language data processing,
semantics or syntax
- Native or near-native fluency in French
- Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup 
- Experience with ontologies and other semantic meaning representation schemas
- Experience in Perl, Python or another scripting language
- Excellent communication, strong organizational skills and very
detail-oriented
- Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative and dynamic work
environment
- Willingness to support several projects at one time and to accept
reprioritization as necessary

Desirable: 
- Experience in writing grammars and building FSTs
- Experience with statistical language modeling
- Practical knowledge of version control and agile development

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that
employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting
decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to
discover, invent, simplify and build.

This position is located in Berlin, Germany and relocation is provided. 

Please email your CV to the application email provided below.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: kasiakr at amazon.com 
Contact Information:
	Kasia Krotki 
	Email: kasiakr at amazon.com 


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