LINGUIST List 17.1565
Sun May 21 2006
Jobs: Information Retrieval: Search QA Analyst, StreamSage
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1. Tony
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Information Retrieval: Search QA Analyst, StreamSage, DC, USA
Message 1: Information Retrieval: Search QA Analyst, StreamSage, DC, USA
Date: 19-May-2006
From: Tony Davis <davisstreamsage.com>
Subject: Information Retrieval: Search QA Analyst, StreamSage, DC, USA
University or Organization: StreamSage Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Information Retrieval
Description:
StreamSage, a subsidiary of Comcast Communications, Inc. located in Washington, DC, is a leader in streaming media indexing and retrieval. We are currently seeking candidates for the position of Search QA Analyst.
This position is responsible for performing the qualitative analysis and interpretation of search results. This person will be a senior member of the QA team, responsible for the search quality metrics of the multimedia (audio and video) search service. This person will also assist developers with requirements to build scripts and toolsets to establish various metrics for search results, based on precision and recall. Additionally, this person will aid in other information retrieval evaluation tasks, including speech recognition accuracy, word sense disambiguation, and user interface testing.
Major duties include:
Gather and build multiple search results testbeds, including both content and question logs, and record relevant answers.
Develop a systematic methodology to evaluate search results; summarize and disseminate search results tests.
Provide developers with feedback on surface level analysis of search results failure.
Act as a contact for qualitative search performance issues escalation.
Guide, mentor and supervise junior testers on qualitative search results testing.
Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Mathematics, Computational Linguistics, Statistics or related field.
EXPERIENCE:
At least three years experience in software testing desired.
Excellent understanding of performance metrics.
Good understanding of basic linguistic concepts.
Excellent oral/written communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience with writing scripts in a scripting language such as Perl, tcl or Python; Java familiarity is a plus.
Proven ability to manage multiple tasks/projects as well as to lead small, directed projects.
Creative, self-motivated team player willing to take the lead to develop cutting-edge testing methodologies and solutions.
Requires minimal supervision.
To apply, please email your resume, along with a brief message discussing your interest in the position, to: Tony Davis, and/or Anand Kumar, streamsage.com
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