LINGUIST List 15.1976

Thu Jul 1 2004

Jobs: NLP: Senior Level Software Engineer, Ask Jeeves

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  • tfelicienne, NLP/Computational Ling: Senior Level Software Engineer, Ask Jeeves

    Message 1: NLP/Computational Ling: Senior Level Software Engineer, Ask Jeeves

     Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:07:59 -0400 (EDT)
    From: tfelicienne <tfelicienneaskjeeves.com>
    Subject: NLP/Computational Ling: Senior Level Software Engineer, Ask Jeeves




    University or Organization: Ask Jeeves, Inc. Rank of Job: Software Engineer, NLP/ Computational Linguistics Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics, Search Engine/ Information Retrieval

    Description:

    Design and implement NLP engines and tools Job Requirements Responsibilities: Design and Develop Natural Language Processing Tools Develop and maintain sub-systems within Query Answering Engine. Lead a group of software developers

    Technical Skills:

    Expert at: C/C++ Highly proficient with: SQL, XML Desired: Perl, .NET/C#, IIS/ASP/DHTML, XML/XSLT OS: Windows / Unix (Linux) Primary Windows IDE: Visual Studio

    Professional Skills:

    The candidate must be a very senior software engineer, with many years of practical industry experience writing production-quality efficient code in C/C++. This job will require hands-on programming.

    The candidate must possess a mixture of both academic computer science skills and hands-on hardcore systems programming skills. The following areas of computer science background are appropriate for this job: - computational linguistics / NLP - artificial intelligence - machine learning - information retrieval - data mining (of natural language data)

    Strong grasp of math is necessary. Solid understanding of how search engines work is necessary. Familiarity with internationalization / localization issue a plus.

    The candidate must have experience leading a group of software engineers this could be a lead engineer / lead architect role or a manager role.

    Attributes: - Lots of initiative to develop differentiating products. - Utmost reliability, without being micro-managed. - Flexible personality to work independently and in teams. - Empathy for the user.

    Additional Requirements: - 10+ yrs hands-on programming experience - 2+ yrs as a lead or manager. - Undergraduate, graduate, or doctorate degree in Computer Science. Ph.D. preferred. - Startup or self-employment experience in the computer industry a plus.

    Address for Applications:

    Attn: Please follow link to our online application: http://www.askjeevescareers.com/askjeeves/NC.asp?ID=255

    Emeryville, CA 94608 United States of America

    Position is open until filled.

    Contact Information: Ask Jeeves Email: tfelicienneaskjeeves.com Fax: 510-985-7507 Website: http://www.Ask.com