Language Engineer/Software Engineer - Australian English

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Appen, a language and technology company is looking for an Australian English native speaker with experience in natural language processing and/or machine learning. Project Information: TTS system development role for Australian English for a major technology developer client. - Start Date: Immediate - Location: Sydney - Duration: Approximately 6 weeks initially (subject to extension) and possible training in the US for 3 - 4 weeks - Hours: Full-time - Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract Specific responsibilities will include: - Developing natural language processing code specific to your language - Provide input and suggestions towards innovating new approaches and new product features tailored to your home market - Coming up with clever solutions to complex issues Education: B.S/MSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields Preferred Experience/Skills: - Native speaker fluency in one or more commercially important natural languages - Proven track record in delivering product-quality code. - Familiar with Java, perl and shell scripting - iOS or Mac OS X development skills. How to apply: This link will take you to Appen's recruitment database and please register your details and upload a cover letter and resume: https://talent-appen.icims.com/jobs/2085/language-engineer-software-engineer./job?mode=view Key Qualifications: - Strong preference for some focus or experience in classification, information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning or related sub-fields - Australian English native speaker fluency. - Work with minimal supervision, proactive and self-motivated for timely delivery of quality code. - Demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities and troubleshooting skills. - Engineering experience and interest in diverse technical areas. - Clear and compelling communication skills. - User driven focus. We will also consider the candidates with following skills for a different task level of the same project: - Native Australian English dialect - Strong Computational skills, including basic programming (Python), sed, bash, command line, git - Linguistic or computational linguistic studies to Honours level or higher, including Phonetics and Phonology

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