28.3368, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Research Engineer, Spirit AI

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-3368. Wed Aug 09 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.3368, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Research Engineer, Spirit AI

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Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:34:48
From: Ellen Kennedy [ellen at spiritai.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Research Engineer, Spirit AI

 
University or Organization: Spirit AI 
Department: Technology
Job Location: , ---------------- (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://spiritai.com
Job Title: Senior Research Engineer NLP
Job Rank: Research Engineer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

The objective of the Ally project is to help make in-game player communities,
chatrooms and any online social platform safer and more hospitable
environments. Ally allows people of any age, gender or race to set their own
“safe zone” parameters and feel secure.

We’re looking for a Senior Research Engineer NLP to join the Ally team. In
this role, you will straddle the engineering and R&D teams. On the one hand,
you will be testing and developing machine learning solutions to text
processing challenges, and on the other hand you will be part of the
implementation of these solutions across our products.

Responsibilities:
- Developing machine learning solutions to solve NLP challenges.
- Ensuring best practices are followed in the preparation and implementation
of said solutions.
- Safeguarding the feasibility and backwards compatibility of our NLP
solutions.

Requirements/Skills:
- PhD or MS in machine learning, NLP, statistics or related field.
- Demonstrable experience with implementing NLP techniques such as Word2Vec,
NER, sentiment analysis, etc.
- Strong working knowledge of C or C++
- Strong working knowledge of R or Python.
- Experience working with big data systems.
- Works effectively within an Agile framework, adhering to Agile best
practices and processes.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: careers at spiritai.com 
Web Address for Applications: http://spiritai.com/senior-research-engineer-nlp/ 
Contact Information:
	Miss Ellen Kennedy 
	Email: ellen at spiritai.com 


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