PhD Linguist - AI/ML & NLP (Tagalog/Filipino, Thai, Swahili, Hebrew)

PROLIM Global Corporation (www.prolim.com) is hiring a PhD Linguist | AI/ML & NLP (Tagalog/Filipino, Thai, Swahili, Hebrew & More) for a leading Technology Customer.

PhD Linguist | AI/ML & NLP (Tagalog/Filipino, Thai, Swahili, Hebrew & More)

Remote - West coast.

Main duties:

Perform linguistic analyses on large datasets.

Perform linguistic error analysis of AI model outputs, determining what the most frequent and severe error categories are.

Write and revise guidelines for human annotation and other AI projects, including but not limited to translation tasks.

Conduct typological and sociolinguistic research on a large number of languages, highlighting their similarities and differences.

Perform linguistic analyses for Responsible AI (toxic language, hate speech, gender bias and other cultural biases) in massively multilingual settings.

Conduct linguistic literature reviews on various NLP-adjacent topics, and summarize findings.

Compare the quality of deliveries between vendors, identify error patterns, and provide actionable feedback.

Provide information or guidance relative to any aspect of linguistic knowledge (typology, morpho-syntax, sociolinguistics, classification, phonetics/phonology, pragmatics, etc.).

Reach out to and collaborate with native speakers in various languages.

Communicate results of linguistic analyses to engineers and research scientists.

Skills:

Must have strong written and spoken communication skills, especially business and research communication.

Must have:

Near-native or native proficiency in a language other than English, more specifically a language of the following families or groups:

Central Philippine (esp. Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano)

Tai-Kadai (esp. Thai, Lao)

Bantu (esp. Swahili)

Northwestern Semitic (esp. Hebrew), Ethiosemitic

Near-native or native proficiency in English.

Proficiency in a low-resource language is valued.

Working knowledge in other languages is a plus.

Must be able to code in Python (must) and query databases using SQL, other coding languages used for data analysis are a plus.

Must be able to independently work through complex requests and perform under pressure.

Strong ability to work independently, prioritize, plan, and track work, as well as report progress

education or training in the basics of project management is a plus

self-motivation is a must

Working knowledge of international language-classification standards is valued.

Education:

Graduate degree in Linguistics or related field is a must; PhD is a plus

a background or specialization in corpus linguistics is a plus

experience with field work is a plus

a graduate degree in Literature or English is not an appropriate substitution

degree in Computer Science with a specialization in NLP is not an appropriate substitution

Must have a very firm grasp of the following linguistic fields: language typology, syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics (especially dialectology and discourse analysis), corpus linguistics, writing systems, pragmatics, phonology.

Must have some experience with applying basic Natural Language Processing techniques.

Experience

Years of experience: 0-3

Experience working cross-functionally

Experience collaborating with machine learning, NLP, or software engineers, or data scientists

Experience contributing to research papers

Important: Preferably no known conflicts of interest in the fields of machine translation, ASR, TTS, or LLM research (as FAIR Linguists need to be contributing to research papers)

Top 3 must-have HARD skills:

Solid grasp of General Linguistics theory at the research level

Cross-functional communication and project management

Experience with Python

Must have near-native or native bilingual proficiency in a language from the following families or groups, as well as near-native or native proficiency in English:

Central Philippine (esp. Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano)

Tai-Kadai (esp. Thai, Lao)

Bantu (esp. Swahili)

Northwestern Semitic (esp. Hebrew), Ethiosemitic

Good to have skills:

Experience with creating and/or maintaining specialized lexical resources (e.g., profanity dictionaries) is a plus

Ability to independently work through ambiguous requests, based on priorities established by CWAM, and perform under pressure. Able to work cross functionally.

Interested Candidates

Please send your updated resume and contact details to: anand.kanavalli@prolim.com

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