28.3019, Jobs: English; French: Linguist, Amazon Alexa Data Services

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-3019. Tue Jul 11 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.3019, Jobs: English; French: Linguist, Amazon Alexa Data Services

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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:22:23
From: Lindsay Broderick [lindbrod at amazon.com]
Subject: English; French: Linguist, Amazon Alexa Data Services, Boston, MA

 
University or Organization: Amazon 
Department: Alexa Data Services
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA (Telecommute)
Job Title: Linguist
Job Rank: Linguist

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      French (fra) 

Description:

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is seeking Linguists with either an American background, Australian
background, or a background in Canadian French to join our data team. This
role focuses on speech and language data, primarily in the areas of
transcription, text annotation, and general data analysis deliverables. The
Associate must be capable of:
- Transcribing and annotating high priority deliverables
- Contributing toward device interaction deliverables
- Delivering high quality under aggressive deadlines
- Translating established guidelines into daily work practices
- Working autonomously with minimum direction
- Handling unique data analysis requests from a range of data customers
- Contributing to process improvements to reduce handling time and improve
output

In addition, the Linguist will need to quickly understand changes to
conventions deployed in response to customers’ requests and change workflows
accordingly. The Associate should be able to contribute to improvements in the
software tools by identifying bugsboost and suggesting enhancements.

The Linguist must have a passion for data, efficiency, and accuracy as well as
show proactive behavior in addressing issues and problems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- American, Australian, OR French Canadian background with linguistics studies
background or experience
- Excellent proficiency in English, Australian English, or in French, both
verbal and written skills
- Comfortable working with speech from various dialects and accents
- One or more years experience as a transcriber or annotator
- Willing to work with audio content (wearing headsets) for a portion of the
day
- Working knowledge of computers
- Excellent communicator and very detailed-oriented
- Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work
environment
- Willingness to support several projects at one time, and to accept
reprioritization as necessary
- Ability to keep up with changing project conventions and new projects

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with XSAMPA system for phonemic transcription
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- Experience working with interaction data, including experience with
annotation and other forms of data markup
- Practical knowledge of data processing needs and trade-offs



Application Deadline: 06-Oct-2017 
	  
Email Address for Applications: lindbrod at amazon.com 
Contact Information:
	Lindsay Broderick 
	Email: lindbrod at amazon.com 


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