15 December: FYI -- NLP positions (Paris, France)

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Job opening : Automatic text generation (computational linguist), Syllabs
(Paris, France)
Languages : *Spanish or English (2 positions)*

Syllabs is a Paris-based company with a strong expertise in semantic
technologies: natural language processing, text mining, content and natural
language generation. (NLG)

Our robot writers turn clients’ data into texts (product descriptions,
news, reports, etc.). After being configured by our computational
linguists, each robot can write several thousand quality texts per hour.
Our robots covered French elections in real time (http://blog.syllabs.com/
robot-writers-le-monde/).

Our clients are well-known French media such as Le Monde, Radio France or
Les Echos, as well as e-commerce sites.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

To support our Automatic text generation solutions, we are looking for
computational linguist to configure our robot writers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- programming of the robot writer (text generation tool) to produce texts
from structured data

- preparing the data to be used by the robot writer (e.g., results of
elections, football matches, etc.)

**PROFILE**

The successful candidate will have the following profile:

**SKILLS**

- *Native speaker* of English or Spanish with a passion for writing.
- Ability to write computational grammars and computational lexicons.
- Ability to use formal languages.
- Good programming skills in Python.
- Good communication skills and enjoying team work.
- Attention to detail.

**EDUCATION**

- Msc or MA Student in Computational Linguistics, NLP, Applied Linguistics
or Translation.

**OTHER INFORMATION**

- Syllabs is located in Paris, France.
- We offer a friendly and professional working atmosphere.
- Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
- For more information about Syllabs, please visit our website:
www.syllabs.com
- EU citizenship or work permit in France are mandatory.

**APPLICATION**

Applications are welcome to the following address: jobs-at-syllabs.com.
Please join the following materials: CV, cover letter.

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