Linguist II - Spanish/Italian

Title: Linguist II - Spanish/Italian

Locations: California, US – 100% Remote

Client: Meta – Facebook

Must-Have Skills

• Native or near-native fluency Spanish and/or Italian; and awareness of Spanish and/or Italian linguistic, cultural, local norms
• Familiar with Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications
• Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics AND Bachelor’s degree

Nice-to-have Skills    

• 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

Summary

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

• Bachelor’s/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

Must-Have Skills

• Native or near-native fluency Spanish and/or Italian; and awareness of Spanish and/or Italian linguistic, cultural, local norms
• Familiar with Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications
• Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics AND Bachelor’s degree

Nice-to-have Skills    

• 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