Computational Linguist

Overview

Remote
$45 - $50
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Data Annotation
Linguistics
Data labeling
QA (quality assurance)
data quality
data analysis
technical writing
Quality Assurance
Computational Linguistics
SQL
Semantics
Transcription
Python
PHP
JavaScript

Job Details

The main function of a Linguist is to determine language and visual data needs for data-based model and product improvements.

Job Responsibilities:
-Provide linguistic expertise, especially in the areas of syntax, semantics, taxonomies, and NLU
-Develop strategies for labeling visual and language data together
-Create guidelines in support of labeling projects that allow vendor labelers to consistently label language, visual, and motion data at quality
-Analyze labeling quality and adjust guidelines as necessary to ensure labeling quality. Enforce labeling standards
Skills:

  • Knowledge of syntax, semantics, and taxonomies
  • Ability to work in ambiguous space and develop norms and processes
  • Knowledge of prescriptive writing and punctuation conventions for at least one language.
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Knowledge in transcription and annotation systems such as SAMPA, IPA, and ToBI.

Top Must-have HARD skills:

  • Experience with data annotation or labeling
  • Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics
  • Experience with SQL, spreadsheets, and other data tools. Nice to Have - Python
  • Technical writing skills - Design and conduct experiments for evaluating data quality

Good to have skills:

  • Python, PHP, or JavaScript (Programming experience)
  • Quality assurance (QA)
  • Chat-bot system

Education/Experience: Bachelor s degree in linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, or related field. occasion

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