Job Description

The NLP/ML will design and implement elements of our technically advanced NLP pipeline under the guidance of product management on a team organized in agile scrum. The position places a premium on creative strongly engineered solutions and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements creative software solutions for a broad range of problems.
• Demonstrates deep knowledge of NLP prior art.
• Experienced at tuning NLP models for best trade offs for the application.
• Works with product management to make sure solutions addresses all requirements.
• Does a full technical analysis to select a proper solution.
• Collaborates with peers and architects to ensure correctness of solutions and compatibility with platform.
• Incorporates an expansive set of unit tests to provide reasonable test coverage and protection from regressions.
• Characterizes performance of solutions for adequate speed and scale.
• Documents solutions clearly and works with QA organization to ensure proper testing.
• Functions within an agile scrum team, embracing all tenets of scrum.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or Math.
• Masters' Degree or Advanced Degree in Linguistics a huge plus. 
• 2-6 years experience designing NLP software solutions.
• Strong programming skills in a high level language, preferably Java.
• Familiarity with diverse set of computing technologies: Linux, Python, Bash, SQL, JavaScript.
• Experience with multiple NLP and ML toolsets.