20.2632, Jobs: English & Comp Ling: Co-Founder & Programmer, MyRoar, Inc.

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Subject: 20.2632, Jobs: English & Comp Ling: Co-Founder & Programmer, MyRoar, Inc.

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Date: 27-Jul-2009
From: Katherine McDonough < katherine.mcdonough at myroar.com >
Subject: English & Computational Linguistics: Co-Founder & Programmer, MyRoar, Inc., San Francisco Bay, CA, USA
 

	
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:50:42
From: Katherine McDonough [katherine.mcdonough at myroar.com]
Subject: English & Computational Linguistics: Co-Founder & Programmer, MyRoar, Inc., San Francisco Bay, CA, USA

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University or Organization: MyRoar, Inc. 
Job Location: California, USA 
Web Address: http://www.myroar.com

Job Rank: Co-Founder & Programmer  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

Computational Linguist for NLP-Powered Search Engine
Equity-Based Co-Founder/Lead Developer Position

MyRoar, Inc. is a young and exciting search engine company that has
developed a superior enterprise search application based on natural
language processing (NLP) question answering technology.  The company has
already achieved significant development milestones, with initial tests
demonstrating the highest precision in the question answering space. 
MyRoar has also passed preliminary investor due diligence and is in the
process of raising investment capital.  In the coming months the company
will be working with a carefully selected beta client.  MyRoar is looking
for a talented computational linguist in the San Francisco Bay Area to
contribute to our fun and enthusiastic team as a senior NLP developer and
co-founder of the company.  This is an excellent opportunity to join a
fast-moving start-up while still getting in on the ground floor.

Major Responsibilities:
-  Lead implementation and development of natural language processing
technologies
-  Manage integration of selected open source NLP technologies and custom
in-house NLP technologies
-  Integrate natural language processing-based question answering system
into enterprise search framework
-  Build team of strong developers and testers
-  Provide strategic direction for question answering technologies

Critical Qualifications
-  MS/PhD in Linguistics, Cognitive Science, or Computer Science
-  Experience with natural language processing, including morphological and
syntactic analysis; in particular, experience using the Stanford Parser
-  Strong computational linguistics programmer able to code rapidly in
Java, Perl, and other computer languages
-  Experience with machine learning, text analytics, text mining, text
classification, natural language generation, or information retrieval
-  Experienced NLP developer and development manager
-  Strong work ethic and personal character

Candidates Only  -  Recruiters please do not apply!


Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2009 
	  
Email Address for Applications: careers at myroar.com 
Contact Information:
	President Katherine McDonough 
	Email: katherine.mcdonough at myroar.com 
	Phone: 781-858-9248 



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