[Corpora-List] Job: NLP Engineer / Computer Scientist at Springer (Online) Book Archives, Heidelberg, Germany

[Christian Chiarcos]

Dear list members,

I was asked to forward the following job announcement. Apologies for  
cross-posting.

Christian Chiarcos
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Job description
Springer (Online) Book Archives
Professionals, Fulltime, Mid-/Senior level, IT, NLP, Publishing
Springer, Heidelberg (Frankfurt Area)

Introducing ourselves: With 63 publishing companies in 25 countries in  
Europe, Asia and the USA, Springer Science+ Business Media is now one of  
the world's leading publishers for specialist knowledge and information.  
Our publishing competence and our long tradition provide the ideal  
conditions for high-quality content.

Job duties:

To further increase the value of the book product portfolio, Springer  
decided to digitize all books ever published since 1842. For this project  
we are searching for a data professional  who is responsible for the  
overall process chain starting with identification of archive titles and  
digital content creation up to the online publication and availability of  
data for print-on-demand purposes. If you are looking for a task that will  
make a difference for both science and society, and are interested in to  
applying your expertise to large, same-domain text corpora, and are  
excited to be part of this first-of-its-kind project,  this job is for you.

The scope of tasks involves developing hands-on solutions for large data  
(bibliographic  metadata including author information, text data, data  
formats e.g. PDF, XML), with future integration into Springer’s IT system  
landscape. In 3-digit thousand entry area, data input can be both  
structured and unstructured, integrated into the existing system landscape  
or not. The candidate should have proven track record in writing code in a  
variety of languages and environments. He or she should be able to  
understand the business requirements and willing to be ultimately  
responsible for both long-term, but also short-term, fast and pragmatic  
solutions.

Job requirements:

•	M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or equivalent
•	Background in Machine Learning, Text Mining or Natural Language  
Processing (NLP)
•	Proven expertise (5 years or more) in database programming, SQL,  
scripting languages (e.g. PHP, Python), XML
•	Experience in automatic processing of scientific publications or related  
domains
•	Understanding of bibliographic metadata is of benefit
•	Industry experience is a plus
•	Pragmatic and priority-oriented, result and quality oriented mind-set is  
a must
•	Ability to solve problems and deliver on time
•	Excellent communication skills and ability to work with other teams in a  
global environment
•	Fluency in English (essential) and German (preferred)

For further details and to apply please see  
https://springer-career.becruiter.net//jobagent/search/default.aspx?design=_std&rowguid=c66f825a-ebab-4371-94c0-f0a0ccdbf9e2

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