Linguist II

Immediate need for a talented Linguist II. This is a 09+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Redmond, WA / Burlingame, CA(Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID:24-48503

Pay Range: $45 - $50/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key 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.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills:SQL, Python, German Language (Native/Near- Native) .
• 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 German.
• Awareness of German 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.
• Experience with database queries and data analysis processes (i.e. SQL, spreadsheets, R, Unix, or others) intermediate or above skills in Python .
• Experience with machine learning frameworks, NLP Libraries and Tools.

Our client is a leading Meta Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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