Computational Linguist - French
Job ID: 746638 | Amazon Development Center, BERLIN

DESCRIPTION

Are you a linguist with technical aptitude? Or are you an engineer with
a passion for (human) languages and linguistics? Come work on Alexa! We
are building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and
other Amazon products and services. Our goal is to delight our customers
by adding new features to Alexa and by improving the accuracy of our
existing speech recognition and natural language processing systems.

We are seeking a Computational Linguist - French with experience in
linguistic annotation, ontologies, taxonomies and/or semantic
schemas. In this role, you will be a key member in new feature
development and identify and solve issues directly affecting the
customer experience by becoming an expert in annotation schemas and
natural language understanding.

You will:

- Design the natural language processing components of new Alexa
  experiences and features by reviewing and debugging grammars and FSTs
- Identify and solve production issues that are impacting the Alexa
  customer experience
- Collaborate with other Language Engineers, Scientists and Data
  Associates in creating optimal solutions to elevate the customer
  experience
- Advocate strict adherence to annotation guidelines
- Use modelling tools to bootstrap and test new functionalities

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's or higher degree in a relevant field, including
  Linguistics, Computational Linguistics and Language Psychology
- 4+ years experience in computational linguistics, language data
  processing, semantics or syntax
- Native or near-native fluency in French
- Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup
- Experience with ontologies and other semantic meaning representation
  schemas
- Experience in Perl, Python or another scripting language
- Excellent communication, strong organizational skills and very
  detail-oriented
- Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative and dynamic
  work environment
- Willingness to support several projects at one time and to accept
  reprioritization as necessary

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in computational linguistics, language data processing,
  semantics or syntax
- Expertise in building ontologies, taxonomies, and semantic relation
  frameworks
- Experience in writing grammars and building FSTs
- Experience with statistical language modelling
- Practical knowledge of version control and agile development

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that
employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make
recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your
passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.

To apply, please send your CV to kasiakr@amazon.com or drop me a message
if you'd like an informal conversation.