27.1969, Jobs: English; German; Phonology: Linguist, Amazon.com / Ivona Software

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Subject: 27.1969, Jobs: English; German; Phonology: Linguist, Amazon.com / Ivona Software

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:03:40
From: Marco Nicolis [nicolism at amazon.com]
Subject: English; German; Phonology: Linguist, Amazon.com / Ivona Software

University or Organization: Amazon.com / Ivona Software 
Job Location: Pomorskie, Poland (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://www.ivona.com
Job Title: Linguist (phonology) (UK English / German) Remote work possible
Job Rank: Linguist; Other

Specialty Areas: Phonology 

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      German (deu) 

Description:

Linguist (phonology) (UK English / German) Remote work

This position is available for remote work.

We are looking for linguists with solid knowledge of the phonology of the
target language (UK English or German) to help us improve the quality of our
UK English and German voices. The ideal candidate has advanced knowledge of
phonology and is computer literate.

The candidate will work on his own schedule on a project by project basis. The
candidate must be available for conference calls with the team during 9-5
working hours CET. We expect a minimum of 4 hours of work / day for the next
few months.

Project duration: 12 months, with possibility of extensions.

The tasks include:

- Fixing bugs reported against our UK English and German voices.
- Identifying issues in our textual resources. Proposing and implementing
fixes through regular expressions or rewriting rules. 
- Creating natural language test cases for natural language processing
modules.
- Annotating lexicon entries according to guidelines.
- Producing / validating phonetic transcriptions for UK English / German.
- QA of TTS voices and linguistic data.

Basic qualifications:

- Native-level proficiency in UK English or German
- Solid knowledge of phonetics and phonology.
- Ability to create / fix phonetic transcriptions for UK English or German.
- Basic knowledge of Unix/Linux command line tools.

Preferred qualifications:

- Solid knowledge of regular expressions.
- Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python).
- Familiarity with software version control tools (e.g. Git).
- Degree in Linguistics, with specialization in Phonology, Computational
linguistics or similar. Master degree or PhD preferred.

About IVONA (http://www.ivona.com)

IVONA Software is one of Amazon’s top notch development centers. IVONA
researches, develops and delivers cutting edge multi-language Text to Speech
technology, leading in voice quality, accuracy and ease of use.

As part of our development team you will work within the Amazon Digital
Products department. This department has developed significant digital
businesses including Amazon MP3, Amazon Video on Demand, IMDB, Amazon Fire TV,
the Kindle Fire and our recently released Amazon Echo.

IVONA is a team of creative people who successfully combine passion and
ambition in creating one of the best speech synthesizers in the world, and now
are one of the most visible teams within Amazon where you will get the chance
to have a huge influence on making a positive impact on customers all over the
globe.

At Amazon, we take pride in building complete end-to-end solutions, staring
from researching a problem, implementing the solution, building a scalable and
reliable service and ensuring the service is there when you need it.

Application Deadline: 01-Jul-2016 (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: nicolism at amazon.com 
Contact Information:
	Marco Nicolis 
	Email: nicolism at amazon.com 

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