Linguistic Engineer

Ascendion

$83K — $137K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Linguistics or related field
  • 4+ years of relevant experience in Linguistics
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python
  • Experience with Data Annotation
  • Strong understanding of linguistics (Phonetics, Syntax, Semantics)
  • Ability to analyze numerical outcomes and communicate findings effectively

Responsibilities

  • Aggregate requests and create high-quality datasets from synthetic collections and live user traffic
  • Deliver analytics and performance metrics on datasets
  • Design experiments to evaluate data quality and inter-rater reliability
  • Develop automated processes ensuring high-quality data across multiple projects
  • Create and optimize quality grading queues for LLM components
  • Rapidly build datasets and guidelines for new LLM data needs
  • Analyze system metrics and communicate performance results

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • 5 personal days accrued annually
  • 10-15 days of paid vacation time
  • 6 paid holidays plus 1 floating holiday per year
  • Access to the Ascendion Learning Management System
Full Job Description
About The Role:
  • We are looking for a skilled Linguistic Engineer to join our team to build, maintain, and analyze datasets powering LLM powered features.
  • In this role, you will be instrumental in building and assessing the quality of data processed by our Large Language Model [LLM] production systems.
  • Using new and existing data quality workflows and pipelines, you will collaborate closely with a cross functional team of engineers, research scientists, project managers, and data scientists to build datasets for, report on, and generally guide improvements on our LLM powered features, ensuring their accuracy and reliability in smart glasses applications.

Job Title: Linguistic Engineer

Key Responsibilities:
  • Aggregate cross-functional requests and translate requests into actionable, high quality, datasets via synthetic data collections and on live user traffic.
  • Deliver analytics, statistics, and model performance results on datasets.
  • Design and conduct experiments for evaluating rater quality, inter-rater reliability; write summary reports based on findings and speak on those findings in meetings.
  • Develop manual and automated processes for multiple concurrent projects ensuring high-quality labeled data.
  • Create and perfect LLM Quality grading queues and LLM related component quality error attribution grading queues.
  • Build datasets and write guidelines in rapid fashion for new and emergent LLM data rating, creation, and annotation needs.
  • Analyze system metrics such as factuality, brevity, coherence, as well as subcomponent performance, summarize findings, and communicate results.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, or related required
  • Minimum 4+ years of relevant experience in Linguistics
  • Experience with Data Annotation
  • SQL and Python
  • Linguistic Background
  • Knowledge of linguistics (Phonetics, Syntax, Semantics, Dialectology) required.
  • Ability to analyze numerical rating results and draw conclusions based on data.
  • Written and oral communication skills necessary for communicating on project milestones and for reporting findings.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, or related preferred
  • Statistics and Data Science Experience.
  • Advanced level proficiency in SQL and Python.

Location: Remote [USA]

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $83,200 - $137,280 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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Preferred Skills

Linguistics
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Data Annotation
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
  • LLMs (Large Language Models)


Job details

Job ID 333010

Role Linguistic Engineer

Location Redmond, Washington, US

Job type Direct Hire

Recruiter Chirag

Email [email protected]

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