Computational Linguist (Brazilian Portuguese)

***** Linguist II - Brazilian Portuguese***** Onsite - New York, NYJob ** 09 months contract with possibility of extension (only W2)Our client is seeking a Linguist to help develop language components for various voice-enabled technologies and products. We are seeking candidates with native or near-native fluency in Brazilian Portuguese with strong linguistic data analysis and language technology experience to manage data collection, data synthesis and data annotation tasks, translation-localization, and ML model improvements.Must-Have Skills SQL and PythonLanguage ** Brazilian PortuguesJob Responsibilities• Provide linguistic expertise in the areas of syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics• Collaborate with other linguists and data operations teams in data collection, data curation, translation, localization and annotation efforts• Create annotation systems and guidelines• Evaluate and curate data sets for ML models• Assess model and data quality• Collaboratively develop complex and consistent linguistic analysesRequired Qualifications• Master's degree in general Linguistics or Linguistics with an emphasis on Romance languages, Computational Linguistics, Speech Science, or a related field• Native or near-native fluency in Brazilian Portuguese• Awareness of Brazilian Portuguese linguistic, cultural, local norms• Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics• Experience working with speech and text data in multiple languages• Familiar with Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications• Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented• Excellent communication skills both verbal and writtenPreferred (additional) Qualifications• PhD in Linguistics or Romance languages, language technologies, computational linguistics, speech science, or related field• Experience with database queries and data analysis processes (i.e. SQL, spreadsheets, R, Unix, or others)• intermediate or above skills in Python• Experience with machine learning frameworks, NLP Libraries and Tools

Created: 2025-03-03