27 October: fyi -- computational linguistics, Microsoft
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The Natural Language Group (NLG), part of the Office Division, is
looking for two talented computational linguists to help design, build
and evaluate the next generation of high quality intelligent
productivity software in a significant number of languages
markets. NLG ships features in a wide range of products. We are
passionate about leveraging state of the art techniques, like Machine
Learning to deliver exciting natural language related technologies in
the Office ecosystem to benefit millions of customers across the
globe. If you share that passion, you are a great candidate for the
NLG team!
These positions offer a great opportunity to join a talented
engineering team at the forefront of developing natural language
technology for Microsoft products. We have expertise in shipping
software with high linguistic quality for multiple languages in areas
such as spellchecking, grammar checking, statistical language models
and other data-driven approaches, e-mail prioritization, named entity
recognition, and much more.
Apply at http://www.microsoft.com/careers.
Job ID: 771979
Required qualifications include:
*Advanced degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or related technical field.
*2 years of experience using C++ and/or C#.
*1 year of software industry experience
*Familiarity with the literature in the areas mentioned above.
*Detail-oriented, results-driven individual with strong cross-group collaboration and strong communication skills.
*Demonstrated ability to generate new ideas and innovate.
The following qualifications are preferred:
*Native proficiency in a language other than English.
*Experience developing or evaluating commercial or high-quality research software.
*Experience developing GUI tools
Job ID: 77198065602
Required qualifications include:
*Advanced degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or related technical field.
*2 years of experience using scripting skills in languages such as Python, Java, C# or Perl
*1 year of software industry experience
*Passion for quality
*Creative thinking
*Detail-oriented, results-driven individual with strong cross-group collaboration and strong communication skills.
The following qualifications are preferred:
*Native proficiency in a language other than English.
*Experience evaluating commercial or high-quality research software.
*Experience developing or testing GUI tools
Direct questions to nlglinguisticjobs@microsoft.com. Thanks.
Mari Broman Olsen
Sr. Lead Int'l Project Engineer
Scalability and Design
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