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An Exciting Contract Opportunity for Linguist with one of the Leading Global Tech Company in UK
Job Title: Linguist (Python/ AI)
Duration: 12 Months
Location: UK- Remote
Main duties:
- Perform linguistic analyses on large datasets.
- Perform linguistic error analysis of AI model outputs, determining what the most frequent and severe error categories are.
- Write and revise guidelines for human annotation and translation projects.
- Conduct typological and sociolinguistic research on a large number of languages, highlighting their similarities and differences.
- Perform linguistic analyses for Responsible AI in massively multilingual settings.
- Conduct linguistic literature reviews on various NLP-adjacent topics, and summarize findings.
- Compare the quality of human translations between vendors, identify error patterns, and provide actionable feedback.
- Provide information or guidance relative to any aspect of linguistic knowledge (typology, morpho-syntax, sociolinguistics, classification, phonetics/phonology, pragmatics, etc.).
- Reach out to and collaborate with native speakers in various languages.
- Communicate results of linguistic analyses to engineers and research scientists.
Skills:
- Must be able to code in Python and query databases using SQL, other coding languages used for data analysis (e.g., R) are a plus.
- Must have strong written and spoken communication skills, especially business and research communication.
- Must be at least near-native proficient in a language other than English.
- Must be able to independently work through complex requests and perform under pressure.
- Strong ability to work independently, prioritize, plan, and track work, as well as report progress.
- Working knowledge of international language-classification standards is a plus.
Education:
- Graduate degree in Linguistics or related field is a must; PhD is a plus.
