32.3446, Jobs: Spanish; Computational Linguistics: Data Scientist-Spanish Language, Kasisto Inc

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Subject: 32.3446, Jobs: Spanish; Computational Linguistics: Data Scientist-Spanish Language, Kasisto Inc

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Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:14:49
From: Raymond Hoffman [ray at kasisto.com]
Subject: Spanish; Computational Linguistics: Data Scientist-Spanish Language, Kasisto Inc, New York, NY, USA

 
University or Organization: Kasisto Inc 
Department: Platform Engineering
Job Location: New York, USA 
Web Address: https://kasisto.com/
Job Title: Data Scientist-Spanish Language
Job Rank: Scientist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Spanish (spa)

Description:

Spanish Data Scientist – New York, NY 
Humanizing Digital Experiences® 

Kasisto’s Digital Experience Platform, KAI, is designed for financial
institutions to deliver the industry’s most amazing Conversational AI powered
intelligent virtual assistants to their customers. KAI is open and extensible,
and also fluent in the language of banking and finance. From simple retail
transactions to the complex demands of corporate banks and wealth management,
financial institutions can deliver meaningful digital interactions with KAI
that help build their digital brand. 

Financial institutions around the world use KAI, including DBS Bank, J.P.
Morgan, Absa, Standard Chartered, TD Bank, and Manulife Bank among others.
They chose KAI for its proven track record to drive business results while
improving customer experiences. The platform is used by millions of consumers
around the world, all the time, across multiple channels, in different
languages, and is optimized for performance, scalability, security, and
compliance. 

This position: 
We are looking to hire a data scientist with native or near-native fluency in
Spanish to help develop a Spanish language version of our conversational AI
application in the consumer banking domain. An ideal candidate will have a
strong background in Linguistics and data science / statistics as well as some
programming experience. Familiarity with Natural Language Processing (NLP)
concepts and tools is a plus.

Working on a cutting-edge technology platform, this position will require a
high degree of thought and creativity. The applicant should have the ability
to work both independently and collaboratively within a multicultural,
creative, and deadline-driven team environment. This is an excellent
opportunity for someone looking to grow professionally within a fast-moving
tech startup.

What you will be doing:  
 - Working together with software developers, QA engineers, NLP engineers,
project managers, and product owners to develop a Spanish language
conversational AI application for the consumer banking domain
 - Translating linguistic data (utterances used for model training and system
responses) from English into Spanish, both manually and using machine
translation software
 - Developing linguistic resources (normalizers, grammars, entity lists, etc.)
required for localization of the conversational AI application to Spanish
 - Using a robust Natural Language Understanding (NLU) pipeline to train
Spanish models for intent classification and slot filling
 - Conducting experiments to evaluate NLU performance and creating test of
functional completeness for the conversational AI application
 - Preparing annotation guidelines for Spanish language utterances from a
conversation AI application

What you need for this position: 
 - Native or near-native fluency in Spanish
 - Educational background in Linguistics, Data Science, Computational
Linguistics, or similar field
 - Strong communication and documentation skills
 - 1+ years experience programming in Python or Java is preferred
 - Experience with natural language / speech processing, machine learning,
artificial intelligence, or conversational agents a plus

Location – New York City, Flatiron District

This position is a contractor position with a 6-month term. Options for
extending the position will be considered based on job performance and
business demands.

We welcome your cover letter with a description of your previous experience
and your resume. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US. To apply,
please email your resume and cover letter to the application email address
below.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: ray at kasisto.com 
Contact Information:
	Director of Talent Acquisition Ray Hoffman 
	Email: ray at kasisto.com 


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