Linguist
# Linguist **Mackin Talent** · United States · `Remote` · `Contractor` 💼 **Уровень роли:** `Mid-level` 🕒 **Статус:** *Опубликовано: сегодня* · *Источник: Himalayas (JSON API)* --- ### Top Skills & Match 🎯 **Ключевой стек роли:** `[Linguist]` `[Computational-Linguist]` `[AI-Linguist]` `[Natural-Language-Processing-Specialist]` `[Linguist-Contributor]` `[Linguistics-Specialist]` `[Linguistic-Specialist]` `[Linguistics-Expert]` `[Spanish-Linguist]` `[Linguistics-Professional]` `[Linguistics]` `[Russian-Linguist]` --- ### About the Role This is a remote position. Our client is looking for a Linguist to join their team. Duration - End of 2026 Location - UK Remote Responsibilities : - Perform linguistic analyses on large datasets. - Perform linguistic error analysis of AI model outputs, determining what the most frequent and severe error categories are. - Write and revise guidelines for human annotation and other AI projects, including but not limited to translation tasks. - Conduct typological and sociolinguistic research on a large number of languages, highlighting their similarities and differences. - Perform linguistic analyses for Responsible AI (toxic language, hate speech, gender bias and other cultural biases) in massively multilingual settings. - Conduct linguistic literature reviews on various NLP-adjacent topics, and summarize findings. - Compare the quality of deliveries between vendors, identify error patterns, and provide actionable feedback. - Provide information or guidance relative to any aspect of linguistic knowledge (typology, morpho-syntax, sociolinguistics, classification, phonetics/phonology, pragmatics, etc.). - Reach out to and collaborate with native speakers in various languages. - Communicate results of linguistic analyses to engineers and research scientists. Requirements Skills: - Must have strong written and spoken communication skills, especially business and research communication. - Must have: - Near-native or native proficiency in a language other than English, more specifically a language of the following families or groups: Dravidian or Bantu (Swahili is a plus); - Near-native or native proficiency in English. - Working knowledge in other languages is a plus. Proficiency in a low-resource language is valued. - Must be able to code in Python (must) and query databases using SQL, other coding languages used for data analysis are a plus. - Must be able to independently work through complex requests and perform under pressure. - Strong ability to work independently, prioritize, plan, and track work, as well as report progress - education or training in the basics of project management is a plus - self-motivation is a must - Working knowledge of international language-classification standards is valued. Education: - PhD in Linguistics or related field is a must be finished (not in progress) - a background or specialisation in corpus linguistics is a plus - experience with field work is a plus - a graduate degree in Literature or English is not an appropriate substitution - degree in Computer Science with a specialisation in NLP is not an appropriate substitution - Must have a very firm grasp of the following linguistic fields: language typology, syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics (especially dialectology and discourse analysis), corpus linguistics, writing systems, pragmatics, phonology. - Must have some experience with applying basic Natural Language Processing techniques. Experience - Years of experience: 0-3 - Experience working cross-functionally - Experience collaborating with machine learning, NLP, or software engineers, or data scientists - Experience contributing to research papers - Important: Preferably no known conflicts of interest in the fields of machine translation, ASR, TTS, or LLM research (as FAIR Linguists need to be contributing to research papers) Benefits - Competitive salary - Healthcare contribution and inclusion in company pension scheme - Work laptop and phone - 25 days annual leave (pro-rata) plus paid bank holidays - Expanding workforce with potential for career progression for top performers. Originally posted on Himalayas
- Linguist
- Computational-Linguist
- AI-Linguist
- Natural-Language-Processing-Specialist
- Linguist-Contributor
- Linguistics-Specialist
- Linguistic-Specialist
- Linguistics-Expert
- Spanish-Linguist
- Linguistics-Professional
- Linguistics
- Russian-Linguist
Наблюдалась 2026-10-01, впервые 2026-10-01, источник — Himalayas (JSON API).