Linguist II

Description: Remote Anywhere in US but prefer Remote, Redmond, Burlingame, or NY that way they can come in office to visit team as needed but not required.
Bill rate: ***
No Specific Languauge requirement for this role

The main function of a Linguist is to determine language and visual data needs for data based model and product improvements.

Job Responsibilities:
-Provide linguistic expertise, especially in the areas of syntax, semantics, taxonomies, and NLU
-Develop strategies for labeling visual and language data together
-Create guidelines in support of labeling projects that allow vendor labelers to consistently label language, visual, and motion data at quality
-Analyze labeling quality and adjust guidelines as necessary to ensure labeling quality. Enforce labeling standards

Skills:
-Knowledge of syntax, semantics, and taxonomies
-Ability to work in ambiguous space and develop norms and processes
-Knowledge of prescriptive writing and punctuation conventions for at least one language.
-Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

Top 4 must-have HARD skills:
-Programming experience such as python Experience
-Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics
-Experience with SQL, spreadsheets, and other data tools
-Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Good to have skills:
-Bachelor s degree in linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, or related field. occasion

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.