Company Description Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. With over 20 years of experience, expertise in more than 180 languages, and access to a global crowd of over 400,000, Appen partners with leading technology companies to enhance their machine learning-based products.
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:
- 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.
Additional Information
We will also consider the candidates with following skills for a different task level of the same project:
- Native Australian English dialect
- Robust 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
📌 Language Engineer/Software Engineer - Australian English (Chatswood)
🏢 Appen
📍 Chatswood
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