32.3040, Jobs: Japanese; Computational Linguistics: Japanese Language Engineer, Amazon
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Subject: 32.3040, Jobs: Japanese; Computational Linguistics: Japanese Language Engineer, Amazon
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:56:21
From: Yuki Preston [ynagumop at amazon.com]
Subject: Japanese; Computational Linguistics: Japanese Language Engineer, Amazon, Cambridge, MA, USA
University or Organization: Amazon
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA
Job Title: Japanese Language Engineer
Job Rank: Language Engineer; Other
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Required Language(s): Japanese (jpn)
Description:
Interested in Alexa? Amazon is seeking a Language Engineer with strong
analytical skills and language technology experience to help us develop
language components for a variety of Alexa products.
We are looking someone to join our Japanese team with experience in linguistic
annotation, ontologies, taxonomies and/or semantic schemas. In this role, you
will be a key member in new feature development and identify and solve issues
directly affecting the customer experience by becoming an expert in annotation
schemas and natural language understanding.
As a Language Engineer at Amazon, you will:
- 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 Linguists teams in data
collection and development efforts
Please submit your resume via the application link below by clicking "Apply
Now".
Application Deadline: 30-Apr-2022 (Open until filled)
Web Address for Applications: https://amazon.jobs/en/internal/jobs/1340051/language-engineer
Contact Information:
Yuki Preston
Email: ynagumop at amazon.com
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