Linguist

Meta is looking for a Linguist - 100% onsite in Burlingame, CA or Seattle / Redmond, WA.

We are looking for a Linguist to help us develop language components for a variety of voice-enabled technologies and products.

We are seeking candidates with native or near-native fluency in Italian 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.

Job 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 analyses

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in general Linguistics or Linguistics with an emphasis on Romance languages, Computational Linguistics, Speech Science, or related field
• Native or near-native fluency in Italian
• Awareness of Italian 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 written

Preferred (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

The pay range that Tundra in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $38.11 / hour - $47.64 / hour.

Tundra’s benefits offering includes optional medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, up to 15 Days PTO per annum and a New Child Benefit.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

• Unincorporated LA County workers : we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment : client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage;
• return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and;

maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.

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