30.1074, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Developer, NUANCE Communications

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-1074. Fri Mar 08 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.1074, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Developer, NUANCE Communications

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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 13:36:05
From: Rishi Somaia [EMEAjobs at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Developer, NUANCE Communications, Merelbeke, Belgium

 
University or Organization: NUANCE Communications 
Job Location: Merelbeke, Belgium 
Web Address: https://www.nuance.com/index.html
Job Title: Principal/Senior NLP Java Application Engineer/Developer
Job Rank: Developer; Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

The NLP Software Engineer will contribute to the development of new NLP
(Natural Language Processing)-based applications and support their rollout in
the market. The NLP Software Engineer will do this through CLU-pipeline
improvements and CLU-engine tuning by developing rules or applying machine
learning algorithms on medical corpora. This person will report to the Manager
Software Development for CLU applications.

Responsibilities:
- Participate in projects from requirements analysis to QA.
- Develop and improve NLP-applications through rules or machine learning
algorithms, making use of annotated corpora.
- Improve the CLU-engine by developing/improving new CLU pipeline components.
- Take control of fine-tuning our NLP-applications for new customers.
- Actively participate as a scrum team member in all phases of the scrum
process.
- Troubleshoot application defects.
- Ability to multi-task and stay organized in a dynamic work environment.
- Effectively work with multiple stakeholders and teams located in different
geographical locations.

Qualifications:
Number of Years of Work Experience: 5

Required Skills:
- 3+ years experience with JAVA development or another OO-language
- Experience with the processing of big data, preferably in a cloud
environment.
- Experience with machine learning and/or NLP.
- Comfortable being part of a team, especially a geographically dispersed
team.
- Motivated to be a self-starter and individual performer effectively
contributing to overall team productivity and collaboration.
- Excellent English communication skills (written, oral, listening).
- Passion and enthusiasm.

Preferred Skills:
- Experience with Maven, Spark, Apache and integrated build system is a plus
- Experience with databases/SQL is a plus
- Experience with Linux is a plus
- Experience with the medical domain is a plus

Education:
Master/PhD in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Medical
Informatics, Bio-engineering/Biomedical Sciences or equivalent through
experience

To apply, please see the application link provided below.



Application Deadline: 30-Apr-2019 (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.nuance.com/job/merelbeke/principal-senior-nlp-java-application-engineer-developer/843/10771696 
Contact Information:
	Rishi Somaia 
	Email: Rishi.Somaia at nuance.com 


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