LINGUIST List 23.647 Tue Feb 07 2012 Jobs: Various Languages; Comp Ling: Computational Linguist, Oracle Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Louise Kemp-De Jong , Various Languages; Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Oracle, DC, USA Message 1: Various Languages; Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Oracle, DC, USA Date: 07-Feb-2012 From: Louise Kemp-De Jong <louise.kemp-de.jongoracle.com> Subject: Various Languages; Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Oracle, DC, USA E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Oracle Department: ATG Search & Language Group Job Location: District of Columbia, USA Web Address: http://www.oracle.com/index.html Job Rank: Computational Linguist Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics Required Language(s): Finnish (fin)                             Lithuanian (lit)                             Macedonian (mkd)                             Persian, Iranian (pes)                             Slavic Description: ATG is an eCommerce company recently acquired by Oracle. ATG developed language technology to support search in various applications. Oracle is investing in a 'Lexer' project to separate the language technology for all of Oracle software to use, including other search products. The ATG Lexer software currently supports 20 languages, and will support at least 32 by 2013. The group has engineers to develop the software and computational linguists to develop the language dictionaries and other data needed to perform language analysis. Brief Posting Description: Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc. Detailed Description: As a member of the software engineering division, you will apply basic to intermediate knowledge of software architecture to perform software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications or operating systems according to provided design specifications. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and occasionally suggest improvements to the architecture. Job Requirements: Duties and tasks are standard with some variation; displays understanding of roles, processes and procedures. Performs moderately complex problem solving with assistance and guidance in understanding and applying company policies and processes. BS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 1 year of software engineering or related experienced.We are seeking Computational Linguists for research and development related to a multi-language natural language processing system. Candidates should be native or near-native speakers of at least one of the following languages: - Persian - Slavic language (other than Russian) - Finnish - Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian Proficiency in at least one additional language is a strong plus. Preferred Skills: - 2+ yrs of professional experience as a computational linguist - Academic degree or professional experience in computational linguistics - 2+ yrs of C/C++ programming skills - Experience with creating morphological rules for languages both familiar and unfamiliar - Proficiency with regular expressions and basic Unix/Linux shell commands - Excellent written and oral communication skills in English - Strong analytical skills - Ability to work independently - Proficiency in a scripting language (Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.) is a plus The candidates will be responsible for: - Creating, developing, and maintaining lexicons and morphological rules in a variety of languages - Quality assessment of existing language work - Ongoing testing and evaluation of language-related aspects of search product - Researching and evaluating alternative tokenization and morphological analysis techniques - Collecting, evaluating, and maintaining training corpora Application Deadline: 31-May-2012 Email Address for Applications: louise.kemp-de.jongoracle.com Contact Information: Sr. Corporate Recruiter Louise Kemp-De Jong Email: louise.kemp-de.jongoracle.com Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 07-Feb-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.