32.409, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics: Programmer, Josh.ai Inc.

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Subject: 32.409, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics: Programmer, Josh.ai Inc.

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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:11:29
From: Scotty Allen [Scotty at josh.ai]
Subject: English; Computational Linguistics: Programmer, Josh.ai Inc., Denver, Colorado, USA

 
University or Organization: Josh.ai Inc. 
Job Location: Colorado, USA 
Web Address: https://www.josh.ai/
Job Title: Natural Language Processing Engineer
Job Rank: Programmer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

Are you passionate about the voice interface? Josh.ai is searching for a team
player who is passionate about tackling some of the most challenging problems
in natural language processing. This position will have an immediate impact on
the Josh customer experience and our ability to bring joy to our customers’
homes.

Essential Job Functions:
- Build, improve and extend our proprietary rule-based Natural Language
Understanding technology that powers a voice interface.
- Prototype models to clean up inaccurate ASR output.
- Take an active role in code reviews and collaborate on design and
implementation.

Required Skills:
- Develop NLP rules and annotate text
- Use modeling tools to bootstrap and test new functionalities
- Analyze system performance and identify areas for improvement
- Collaborate with other Natural Language Engineers
- Bachelor’s in linguistics (or related field)
- Strong knowledge of both scripting and object oriented languages (e.g.
Python, C++)
- Track record in NLP/NLU and related technologies.
- Ability to collaborate within and between cross-functional teams; excellent
communication skills.
- Detail-oriented 
- Experience with software engineering best practices including unit testing,
continuous integration, and source control.

Preferred Skills:
- 3+ years prior experience in equivalent NLP role.
- Passion for smart home, voice control and AI technologies.
- Experience working in a start-up environment.
- Experience with noise and unstructured textual data in a speech recognition
setting.
- Experience with various Natural Language Processing problems like data
normalization, Text segmentation, Part of Speech tagging, Named Entity
Recognition, Spelling correction etc.

Please submit your resume to jobs at josh.ai and copy scotty at josh.ai.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Contact Information:
	Head of Product Scotty Allen 
	Email: scotty at josh.ai 


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