Amazon · 2 weeks ago
Language Engineer, Artificial General Intelligence - Data Services
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$59K/yr - $131K/yr
2+ years expAmazon is looking for a Language Engineer to join their Artificial General Intelligence Data Services organization. The role involves dataset construction, linguistic annotation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance natural language processing and machine learning systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceRetail
Responsibilities
Design data collection/creation tasks in response to science needs: author instructions, define and implement quality targets and mechanisms, provide day-to-day coordination of data collection efforts (including planning, scheduling, and reporting), and be responsible for the final deliverables
Analyze and extract language-related insights from large amounts of data
Build tools or tool prototypes for data analysis or data authoring, using Python or another scripting language
Use modeling tools to bootstrap or test new functionalities
Collaborate with scientists and software engineers to evaluate performance of language models
Handle competing requests from a range of data customers
Qualification
Required
Master's or higher degree in a relevant field (computational linguistics or equivalent field with computational analysis)
2+ years experience in computational linguistics or language data processing
Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup
Experience with scripting languages, such as Python
Experience working with speech and text language data in multiple languages
Excellent communication, strong organizational skills and very detailed oriented
Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment
Preferred
PhD in Computational Linguistics (or equivalent field with computational emphasis)
Expertise in bootstrapping language data collections in a quickly changing environment
Comfortable working with speech and text language data in multiple languages
Practical familiarity with Machine Learning and language modeling
Practical knowledge of version control and agile development
Familiarity with database queries and data analysis processes (SQL, R, Matlab, etc.)
Benefits
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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$8.11BKey Investors
Kleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
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Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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