30.4162, Jobs: Portuguese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, Amazon

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Subject: 30.4162, Jobs: Portuguese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, Amazon

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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 10:52:53
From: Pawel Mazur [pawmazur at amazon.com]
Subject: Portuguese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, Amazon

 
University or Organization: Amazon 
Job Title: TTS Language Engineer - Portuguese
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Portuguese (por)

Description:

Come join us, we build TTS voices that help developers revolutionize the way
people interact with devices and services!
At Amazon we take pride in building complete end-to-end solutions, starting
from researching a problem, implementing the solution, building a scalable and
reliable service and ensuring the service is there when you need it.

The position is based at the Amazon office in Cambridge, UK or Gdansk, Poland.

As a TTS Language Engineer you will work alongside Audio Engineers, Research
Scientist, Software Developers and Program Managers who are subject matter
experts in speech synthesis and related fields. You are expected to have solid
knowledge of linguistics, in particular knowledge of phonetics/phonology. You
will be working on a variety of tasks to improve natural language processing
of TTS (text-to-speech). You will actively collaborate with Software
Developers with linguistic expertise throughout the whole language and voice
building process at Amazon.

The tasks include:
- Build TTS voices using internal tools and pipelines
- QA of TTS voices and linguistic data
- Normalizing textual resources through regular expressions
- Creating natural language test cases for natural language processing modules
- Labeling text with semantic, syntactic and morphological features
- Contribute to the formalization of language models through in depth
knowledge of phonological and morphosyntactic aspects of the target language
- Annotating lexicon entries according to guidelines
- Producing / validating phonetic transcriptions

Basic Qualifications:
- Solid knowledge of phonetics/phonology
- Native-level proficiency in Portuguese (especially Brazilian Portuguese)
- Solid knowledge of regular expressions
- Ability to create/fix phonetic transcriptions in the target language
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux command line tools

Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python)
- Degree in Linguistics, with specialization in Phonology, Computational
linguistics or similar
- Familiarity with software version control tools (e.g. Git)
- Solid communication skills
- Strong personal interest in learning, researching, and creating new
technologies related to foreign languages, linguistics, phonetics, phonology
and language technology
- Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work
environment

To apply, please see the application link provided below.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: langton at amazon.co.uk 
Web Address for Applications: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/765492/tts-language-engineer-portuguese 
Contact Information:
	Pawel Mazur 
	Email: pawmazur at amazon.com 


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