Title: Linguist II Duration: 6-12 months Location: Burlingame, CA , New York NY, Redmond WA
Summary: 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 3 must-have HARD skills: -Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics -Experience with SQL, spreadsheets, and other data tools -Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Good to have skills: -Programming experience such as python, PHP, or Javascript Education/Experience -Bachelor’s degree in linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, or related field. Occasion
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, speech science, or related field.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $40.00/hr - $50.00/hr.
