Lightcast

Data Analyst (German)

Lightcast  •  Republic of Poland (Remote)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Lightcast is seeking detail-oriented, data-driven professionals with strong German language skills to support the expansion of our global product features. In this role, you will help ensure we deliver accurate, high-quality data to our customers by analyzing multilingual outputs, improving classification performance, and supporting taxonomy translation and parser development.
This is a full-time (40 hrs/week) independent contractor position for up to 6 months. This role is BYOD—Bring Your Own Device (laptop).

Major Responsibilities:

  • Analyze, evaluate, and improve the quality of multilingual text classifier outputs.
  • Partner with linguistics and engineering teams to develop and refine language-specific parsers.
  • Translate and validate taxonomy content such as Skills, Titles, and Occupations from English to German (and/or German to English as needed).
  • Identify patterns in data errors and contribute to ongoing improvements in rules, logic, and workflows.
  • Document findings clearly and follow established processes to ensure consistency and quality.

Education & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Data Analytics, NLP, or a related field (preferred).
  • Fluency in reading and writing and English and German, with strong attention to linguistic detail.
  • Understanding of syntax and structural language analysis.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including VLOOKUPs, functions, and data cleanup).
  • Working knowledge of query languages such as SQL.
  • Advanced experience writing and debugging rules using RegEx.
  • Familiarity with text analysis, NLP, or machine learning fundamentals.
  • Experience performing data analysis using tools such as Excel and/or Python.
  • Comfort working with high-volume, repetitive tasks while maintaining accuracy and focus.
  • Ability to follow complex instructions, navigate ambiguity, and work independently.
  • Strong sense of urgency, organization, and time management.
  • Reliable laptop and stable internet access.
Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with our headquarters located in Moscow, ID (US) and other offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India.  We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities.
Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate on the basis of federally protected statuses. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity of thought and unique perspectives. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.
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About Lightcast

We're creating a labor market that works for everyone.

People are the most important part of any organization, which means its highest priority must be understanding its workforce. Lightcast enables faster, better decisions by making labor market data accessible and useful for enterprise, education, and the public sector.

In a fast-changing world of work, Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass) provides clarity. Our global data—available through software, consulting, and data delivery—provides specific, practical, unique insights to guide your most important decisions.

Whether you're an enterprise mapping your workforce's future, an educator preparing students for jobs that don't exist yet, or a government agency building economic resilience—we deliver the insights that matter.

Lightcast pioneered the collection and big-data analysis of information on the labor market. We have the world’s most comprehensive database of job postings, which has been refined by AI and human experts to provide insights clearly and quickly.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Moscow, Idaho
Year Founded
2000
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