32.2326, Jobs: Catalan-Valencian-Balear; Croatian; Ukrainian; Vietnamese; Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: Consultant, M47 Labs & International Fiducia, S.L.

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Subject: 32.2326, Jobs: Catalan-Valencian-Balear; Croatian; Ukrainian; Vietnamese; Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: Consultant, M47 Labs & International Fiducia, S.L.

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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2021 10:57:47
From: Carla Torrijos [jobs at m47labs.com]
Subject: Catalan-Valencian-Balear; Croatian; Ukrainian; Vietnamese; Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: Consultant, M47 Labs & International Fiducia, S.L., Barcelona, Spain

University or Organization: M47 Labs & International Fiducia, S.L. 
Department: Computational Linguistics
Job Location: Barcelona, Spain 
Web Address: https://www.m47labs.com/
Job Title: Computational Linguist (Speech)
Job Rank: Consultant

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology 

Required Language(s): Catalan-Valencian-Balear (cat)
                      Croatian (hrv) 
                      Ukrainian (ukr) 
                      Vietnamese (vie) 

Description:

M47 Labs is a fast growing Barcelona based tech company with a focus on
providing outstanding international quality engineering and data and language
analytics services. We may be a newer company, but our deep knowledge and
strong industry experience allows us to work with top companies around the
world.

We are growing our Computational Linguistics (Speech) team for several
languages to work on a cutting-edge Personal Voice Assistant software used by
millions of users worldwide, with one of our major clients. We are looking for
someone with native knowledge of one of the following languages: Catalan,
Vietnamese, Ukrainian or Croatian.

In this project you will be responsible for helping the Voice Assistant to
understand and speak your native language, focusing on the phonetics and
phonology of NLG and NLU, connecting humans and machines through seamless
voice interaction.

Responsibilities:
- Evaluate, assess and monitor large amounts of speech data in order to
improve software quality and linguistic resources for speech recognition and
speech synthesis.
- Phonetically transcribe speech audio, classify speech sounds by their
linguistic features, verify existing phonetic transcriptions accurately
through solid understanding of conventional phonetic notation, and accurately
describe the phonotactics of your native language.
- Create, update, review and correct phonetic transcriptions for speech
dictionaries.
- Create and correct data for language modeling.
- Review tests and identify potential fixes.

What we offer:
- Temporary contract with the possibility to extend
- Central location in Barcelona in an amazing working space
- Relocation package
- Office Perks
- Competitive salary based on candidate background and experience
- Private Medical Insurance
- Great international and young work environment
- Access to internal and external trainings

Key Qualifications:
- Native level of Catalan, Croatian, Vietnamese or Ukrainian.
- Excellent knowledge of structural aspects of the language (in particular
phonology and phonetics).
- Up-to-date exposure to popular native culture and the ability to use that
knowledge to improve the focus of your local market.
- Solid understanding of conventional phonetic notation such as IPA, SAMPA or
CMU.
- Comfortable with tools such as Bash and Grep.
- Ability to run and debug scripts written in Python as well as reading and
writing regular expressions.
- Experience with one or more version control systems with a preference for
Git
- Excellent English skills.
- Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and proven ability to
manage priorities.
- Good organizational and analytical skills.

Desired experience/skills:
- Experience working with large quantities of natural language data, lexical
resources, corpora, Natural Language Processing algorithms.
- Familiarity with speech signal (e.g. spectrograms).
- Strong programming skills and a background in Machine Learning.
- Familiarity working directly with the speech signal (e.g. via spectrograms)
is a plus.
- Experience in ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) and TTS (Text to Speech).
- Experience using OS X or iOS software.

Education:
- University level (preferably Master's Degree) in Linguistics, Applied
Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Speech Technologies or professional
experience in related field

*We encourage you to apply if you are native to one of the language and have a
strong Linguistic knowledge even if you lack experience on the NLP field as we
are open to different levels of seniority.*

Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)

Web Address for Applications: https://m47labs.recruitee.com/o/computational-linguist-speech 
Contact Information:
	HR Recruiter Carla Torrijos 
	Email: jobs at m47labs.com 

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