Linguist | $47.00 - $52.00 per hour

New York City NY

Description

If you're interested in applying for the role, you can check it out here: HireArt is helping the world’s largest social network to find a Linguist to help determine speech data needs and set strategic vision for data-based model and product improvements. In addition to a deep knowledge of phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, dialectology, and other areas of linguistics, the ideal candidate will have 2+ years of relevant experience. As a Linguist, you will:Provide linguistic expertise in the areas of phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP.Design and conduct experiments for evaluating transcription quality.Develop manual and automated processes for multiple concurrent projects, including ensuring high-quality label alignments, prosodic classification, POS identification and disambiguation, targeted modeling data, and user feedback.Create and perfect text normalization and inverse text normalization processes.Manage lexical and phrasal transcriptions and related metadata.Analyze system metrics such as user opinion, lexicon transcription coverage, and POS tagger performance and remedy pain points. Benefits: Employer-subsidized health, vision, and dental insuranceEmployer-subsidized life insuranceEmployer-subsidized short and long-term disability insurancePre-tax commuter and healthcare spending A generous paid-time-off package401k (unmatched) If you're interested in applying for the role, you can check it out here: Requirements Bachelor’s degree in linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, speech science, or related field2+ years of relevant experience teaching or assessing translation practicesProven knowledge of industry standards in language codification and character encoding principlesKnowledge of phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, dialectology and other areas of linguisticsAbility to analyze waveforms and spectrogramsKnowledge of prescriptive writing and punctuation conventions for at least one languageExcellent communication skills both verbal and writtenKnowledge in transcription and annotation systems such as SAMPA, IPA and ToBIDesired Qualifications:Knowledge of machine translation and machine learning principlesExperience processing natural language using PythonProficiency in sociolinguisticsExperience working with low-resource languagesA background of specialization in corpus linguisticsCommitment: This is a full-time (40 hours per week), 12-month contract position staffed via HireArt. It is fully remote to start and is available to candidates who can work onsite in Menlo Park, CA or New York once offices reopen. HireArt values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas or Corp to Corp hiring. If you're interested in applying for the role, you can check it out here: