[Corpora-List] Position Announcement: Corpus Linguist (contract) at Swype, Inc. in Boston

[Patrick Demasco]

Swype (http://www.swype.com) has developed an innovative text input method
for touch-screen devices (as described in the next paragraph)...

Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With
one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the
patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier than
other data input methods—at over 40 words per minute. The application is
designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game
consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.

We are looking for a linguist to lead our Web-based corpus collection
efforts across a wide range of languages. This position will be
contract-based (6-12 months) and may be converted to a full-time
employment position. Hourly rate commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities include:

- Research and identify web-based sources of corpus data
- Use our in-house tools to collect and evaluate data; coordinate with
other staff who may assist in this effort
- Recruit/supervise native language testers
- Coordinate with development team to improve our tools
- Organize and document our corpus data assets
- Work with other team members to improve our processes

The ideal candidate will be smart, creative and hard working and have the
following:

- B.A./B.S. degree in Linguistics or Computational Linguist (graduate work
desirable)
- Experience in multi-lingual corpus linguistics
- Ability to use software-based tools to collect and analyze text data
- Solid understanding of character encoding issues
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team-oriented environment

Additional skills would be helpful but not necessary:
- Fluency in a non-English language
- Scripting language (Python, Perl)


For more information, please contact: Patrick Demasco
(pdemasco at literate.com).


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