Linguist
Company Description
IRON Systems is a leading provider of integrated information technology solutions and last-mile supply chain services to the global Data Center, Edge Computing, Telecom, and IoT Infrastructure sectors. With a focus on enabling end-to-end last-mile global commerce, IRON Systems serves customers in over 100 countries worldwide. The company, founded in 2002, has regional offices in over 20 countries and is headquartered in Fremont, California, USA.
Role Description
We are looking for a Linguist to help us develop language components for a variety of voice-enabled technologies and products. We are seeking candidates with native or near-native fluency in French, Spanish and/or Italian with strong linguistic data analysis and language technology experience to manage data collection, data synthesis and data annotation tasks, translation-localization and ML model improvements.
Job Responsibilities
• Provide linguistic expertise in the areas of syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics • Collaborate with other linguists and data operations teams in data collection, data curation, translation, localization and annotation efforts • Create annotation systems and guidelines • Evaluate and curate data sets for ML models • Assess model and data quality • Collaboratively develop complex and consistent linguistic analyses
Required Qualifications
• Master’s degree in general Linguistics or Linguistics with an emphasis on Romance languages, Computational Linguistics, Speech Science, or related field • Native or near-native fluency in Spanish and/or Italian • Awareness of French, Spanish and/or Italian linguistic, cultural, local norms • Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics • Experience working with speech and text data in multiple languages • Familiar with Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications • Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment • Strong organizational skills and detail oriented • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Preferred (additional) Qualifications
• PhD in Linguistics or Romance languages, language technologies, computational linguistics, speech science, or related field • Experience with database queries and data analysis processes (i.e. SQL, spreadsheets, R, Unix, or others) • Proficiency in Python • Experience with machine learning frameworks, NLP Libraries and Tools
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Seniority level
Entry level -
Employment type
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Job function
Information Technology -
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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