LINGUIST List 25.2511
Wed
Jun 11 2014
Jobs: Multiple
Languages; Computational Linguistics: Programmer,
Facebook
Editor for this issue:
Andrew Lamont <alamontlinguistlist.org>
Date: 10-Jun-2014
From: Gina Ger
<ginager
fb.com>
Subject: Multiple Languages;
Computational Linguistics: Programmer,
Facebook, California, USA
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University or Organization: Facebook
Department: Language Technology Group
Job Location: California, USA
Job Title: Language Engineer
Job Rank: Programmer
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Required Language(s):
Arabic, Standard (arb)
French
(fra)
Portuguese
(por)
Russian
(rus)
Spanish
(spa)
Description:
The Language Technology Group at Facebook is
working to eliminate all language barriers in
the world. We are seeking passionate language
engineers to help us build systems to scale our
text-to-speech and machine translation
technologies to the world.
We are looking for Language Engineers in:
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, and
Arabic.
You will work on tasks in your target language
related to:
- Developing language-specific rules in
phonology, phrasing, grapheme to phoneme,
etc.
- Automation tools for your language
- Quality assessment of automatic outputs
Required skills:
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Computational
Linguistics or closely related discipline
- Native speaker in one of: Spanish,
Portuguese, French, Russian, Arabic - with
fluency in English
- Solid programming skills
(Unix/Python/C++)
- Interest in natural language processing, data
mining, information extraction a plus
The positions are based in Menlo Park, CA at
Facebookâs headquarters. This is a 6-month
temporary position with a possibility to be
converted to full-time.
Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Email Address for Applications:
ginager
fb.com
Contact Information:
Gina Ger
Email: ginager
fb.com
Page Updated: 11-Jun-2014