22.4026, Jobs: Comp Ling; Int'l Project Engineer 2, Microsoft Corporation

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Subject: 22.4026, Jobs: Comp Ling; Int'l Project Engineer 2, Microsoft Corporation

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Date: 13-Oct-2011
From:  NLG Linguistic Jobs [nlglingjobs at microsoft.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; International Project Engineer 2, Microsoft Corporation, Washington, USA


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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:54:13
From:  NLG Linguistic Jobs [nlglingjobs at microsoft.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; International Project Engineer 2, Microsoft Corporation, Washington, USA

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University or Organization: Microsoft Corporation 
Department: Microsoft Office Division - Natural Language Group
Job Location: Washington, USA 
Web Address: http://www.microsoft.com
Job Rank: International Project Engineer 2  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

Do you have a passion for language and technology? Do you love figuring out 
how to apply the latest research in practical ways? Do you want to provide 
groundbreaking user experiences to a worldwide audience?
 
The Natural Language Group (NLG), part of the Office Division, is looking for 
a talented computational linguist to help design, build and evaluate the next 
generation of high quality intelligent productivity software in a significant 
number of languages markets. NLG ships features in a wide range of 
products. We are passionate about leveraging state of the art techniques, like 
Machine Learning, to deliver exciting natural language related technologies in 
the Office ecosystem to benefit millions of customers across the globe. If 
you share that passion, you are a great candidate for the NLG team!
 
This position offers a great opportunity to join a talented engineering team at 
the forefront of developing natural language technology for Microsoft 
products. We have expertise in shipping software with high linguistic quality 
for multiple languages in areas such as spellchecking, grammar checking, 
statistical language models and other data-driven approaches, e-mail 
prioritization, named entity recognition, and much more.
 
Required qualifications include:
-  Advanced degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, or related 
technical field
-  2 years of experience using C++ and/or C#
-  1 year of software industry experience
-  Familiarity with the literature in the areas mentioned above
-  Detail-oriented, results-driven individual with strong cross-group 
collaboration and strong communication skills
-  Demonstrated ability to generate new ideas and innovate

The following qualifications are preferred:
-  Native proficiency in a language other than English
-  Experience developing or evaluating commercial or high-quality research 
software
-  Experience developing GUI tools

Please search on Job Code 771979


Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://careers.microsoft.com/gclp.aspx 
Contact Information
	NLG Linguistic Jobs 
	Email: nlglingjobs at microsoft.com 




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