Language Data Specialist

3 weeks ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Amazon Full time
Job Title: Language Data Specialist

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Language Data Specialist to join our team at Amazon. As a Language Data Specialist, you will play a critical role in driving innovation and advancing the state-of-the-art in natural language processing and machine learning.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design data collection/creation tasks in response to science needs: author instructions, define and implement quality targets and mechanisms, provide day-to-day coordination of data collection efforts (including planning, scheduling, and reporting), and be responsible for the final deliverables

• Analyze large or noisy language data sets and accurately describe patterns to derive conclusions and inform language modeling decisions

• Automate the team's work on difficult language data problems through scripts or programs (e.g. Python, Perl, regular expressions, Excel formulas, etc.)

• Use modeling tools to bootstrap or test new functionalities

• Collaborate with scientists and software engineers to evaluate performance of language models

• Handle competing requests from a range of data customers

Requirements:

• Masters or higher degree in a relevant field (computational linguistics or equivalent field with computational analysis), or 3-5 years comparable experience in computational linguistics or language data processing

• Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup

• Experience with scripting languages, such as Python

• Experience working with speech and text language data in multiple languages

• Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment

• Excellent communication, strong organizational skills and detail-oriented

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in Computational Linguistics (or equivalent field with computational emphasis)

• Native-level fluency in Arabic, Hindi, or Japanese

• Expertise in bootstrapping language data collections in a quickly changing environment

• Comfortable working with speech and text language data in multiple languages

• Experience in writing grammars and building FSTs

• Experience with statistical language modeling

• Practical knowledge of version control and agile development

• Familiarity with database queries and data analysis processes (SQL, R, Matlab, etc.)

• Willingness to support several projects at one time, and to accept reprioritization as necessary

• Able to think creatively and possess strong analytical and problem solving skills

About Amazon:

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Compensation:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $67,700/year in our lowest geographic market up to $151,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

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