31.1174, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-1174. Fri Mar 27 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.1174, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon

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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 01:23:17
From: Sara Levitsky [levitsky at amazon.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon, Boston, USA

 
University or Organization: Amazon 
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA 
Job Title: Language Engineer
Job Rank: Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics 


Description:

Amazon is looking for a Language Engineer to join our Natural Language
Processing (NLP) team. We are seeking a candidate with strong analytical
skills and language technology experience to help us develop language
components for a variety of Amazon products.

As a Language Engineer at Amazon, you will:

- Create sample language data for the target languages
- Develop NLP components: write rules, build grammars/FSTs, create annotation
systems or mappings for the target language
- Contribute to the design of new features by extending existing annotation
schemas to cover new areas in the target language
- Use modeling tools to bootstrap and test new functionalities
- Analyze system performance and identify areas for improvement
- Collaborate with other Language Engineers and Data Associate teams in data
collection and development efforts

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or higher degree in a relevant field (linguistics or language)
- 2+ years experience in computational linguistics, language data processing,
semantics, or syntax
- Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup
- Experience working with speech and text language data in multiple languages
- Native or near-native fluency in a major non-English language

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with database queries and data analysis processes (SQL, R,
Matlab, etc.), and Unix
- Experience programming in Perl, Python, or another scripting language
- Expertise in building ontologies, taxonomies, and semantic relation
frameworks
- Experience in writing grammars and building FSTs
- Experience with statistical language modeling
- Practical knowledge of version control and agile development
- Excellent communication, strong organizational skills 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

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability /
Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: levitsky at amazon.com 
Web Address for Applications: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/1069511/language-engineer 
Contact Information:
	Technical Recruiter Sara Levitsky 
	Email: levitsky at amazon.com 


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