31.364, Jobs: General Linguistics: Linguist Lead, Appen

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Subject: 31.364, Jobs: General Linguistics: Linguist Lead, Appen

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Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 06:17:53
From:  Rustempasic [jrustempasic at appen.com]
Subject: General Linguistics: Linguist Lead, Appen, USA

 
University or Organization: Appen 
Job Location: , USA 
Job Title: Linguist Lead
Job Rank: Other

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 


Description:

Overview:

Linguist Lead (English [AU,IN,NZ,UK,US], Spanish [ES,LA,US], French [CA,FR],
Hindi, Italian, German)

Appen collects and labels data used to build and continuously improve the
world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. With expertise in
more than 180 languages, a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors,
and the industry’s most advanced annotation platform, Appen works with leading
companies and governments worldwide. 

We're looking for experienced linguists to lead teams of annotators and help
process language data for conversational understanding technologies. 

You are the right candidate if you know that language data is the underpinning
of all current language technologies. You love practical language analysis as
well as theoretical. You're quick to learn and implement new label sets. You
are a native-level speaker of the required language. 

Start date: January 2020 

Duration: 40 hrs weekly through the calendar year 

Benefits: available based on role location 
 
Successful candidates must be able to work full-time at client sites in one of
the following areas: the San Francisco Bay area, the Seattle/Redmond area, or
the greater London area. Onsite periods will last three to six weeks per
client needs; otherwise, work can be performed remotely. 

Key Responsibilities: 

- Provide language-specific expertise to client researchers, engineers, and
linguists 
- Execute project plans in consultation with the Project Manager 
- Evaluate, update, and distribute annotation guidelines as dictated by data
quality goals 
- Field annotator questions 
- Evaluate the proficiency of annotators and address deficiencies 
- Monitor data acquisition and curation 
- Develop gold data in consultation with the client  
- Handle personnel issues 
 

Qualifications: 

- Advanced degree in Linguistics, Speech Science, or related field 
- Experience annotating data with linguistic, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic,
phonetic, phonological, and prosodic information 
- Native-level proficiency in the target language 
- Collaborative and solution-oriented attitude 
- Ability to adapt to changing requirements, priorities, and revisions 
- Strong attention to detail 
- Clear communication style 
- Strong professional English skills  
 

Preferred Qualifications: 

- Industry experience 
- Project management experience 
- Fluency in three or more natural languages 
- Experience with basic programming techniques and familiarity with languages
such as Java, Python, PHP, Perl, and C# 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do
not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin,
gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability
status.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://talent-appen.icims.com/jobs/4870/job?mobile=Linguistlist 
Contact Information
	Rustempasic 
	Email: jrustempasic at appen.com 


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