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Language Engineer, Artificial General Intelligence - Data Services at Amazon.com Services LLC

Required Skills

pythoncomputational linguisticsnlpdata annotationsqlstatistical modelingversion controlagile development

About the Role

The Language Engineer will drive innovation in natural language processing and machine learning by designing data collection tasks, analyzing language insights, and building tools for data analysis. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure AI systems align with human policies and preferences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design data collection/creation tasks including authoring instructions and implementing quality mechanisms
  • Analyze and extract language-related insights from large datasets
  • Build tools or prototypes for data analysis or authoring using Python or scripting languages
  • Collaborate with scientists and engineers to evaluate language model performance
  • Handle competing requests from multiple data customers

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

  • Master's or higher degree in computational linguistics or equivalent field
  • 2+ years experience in computational linguistics or language data processing
  • Experience with language annotation and data markup
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Python

Nice to Have:

  • PhD in Computational Linguistics or equivalent field
  • Experience writing grammars and building FSTs
  • Experience with statistical language modeling
  • Familiarity with database queries and data analysis (SQL, R, Matlab)

Benefits & Perks

  • Medical benefits
  • Financial benefits
  • Equity compensation
  • Sign-on payments