Linguist (Spanish/Italian/French)

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

·        Bachelor’s degree

·        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

•        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

Nice to Have

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