Data Science, NLP, Research

NLP Engineer

Start

Immediately

Location

Sofia/Rousse/Remote

Experience

Senior

Department

Solutions Team

We are looking for

A NLP Engineer who will strengthen our expertise in the development and implementation of NLP tools to analyze large datasets and who will add value to the development of semantic technology applications employing advanced hybrid methodologies.
If you are a tech person and also interested in natural language and like to be challenged by interdisciplinary tasks – this position is for you!

Your Role

  • Research state-of-the art approaches and toolkits for solving NLP problems;
  • Propose methodologies for coping with various text analysis challenges;
  • Implement NLP solutions using Ontotext's own and third-party platforms and products;
  • Proactive and result-oriented attitude;
  • Train and evaluate NLP ML models;
  • Develop or reuse, run and evaluate algorithms for analyzing large datasets and document corpora;
  • Participate in customer meetings to provide technical expertise;
  • Collaborate with other NLP Engineers, data scientists and software developers to define metrics, guidelines, and workflows;
  • Keep up-to-date knowledge of the rapidly changing field of NLP;
  • Engage with the R&D team to contribute to researching new technologies and the development of prototypes and demonstrators;
  • Work with the following stack: GATE, Java, Python, Bash, SPARQL, RDF, GraphDB, GitLab, Maven, Jenkins, Linux, Docker.

Your Profile

  • Aptitude to further develop your NLP knowledge and skills;
  • Programming knowledge or experience, ideally in Java and/or Python, and desire to improve it;
  • Knowledge of OOP, Data Structures and Algorithms;
  • Proactive and result-oriented attitude;
  • Open to interdisciplinary tasks and collaboration;
  • Excellent command of English, both written and verbal;
  • Experience/knowledge of computational linguistics will be a strong advantage;
  • Experience in natural language processing tools and platforms (such as GATE, spaCy, SciKit, OpenNLP, NLTK, CoreNLP, Gensim, UIMA) will be considered as a strong advantage.

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Our Offer

  • Common sense-driven organizational culture, in which shall you have constructive input, your voice will be heard (i.e. chance to make a difference!)
  • "We care" attitude (check our benefits package here)
  • Exposure to the newest technologies in the AI and knowledge graphs space
  • The chance to participate in the development and delivery of challenging projects that few companies are capable of executing
  • Opportunity to work in a team of smart and talented professionals, who are happy to share their knowledge