Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineer

Placements24; O Mente; Hybrid; EUR 49,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work flexibility

Health and dental coverage

Continuous learning & development

Access to advanced NLP tools

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled NLP Engineer to join their remote team. You will design, build, and deploy NLP models for applications such as classification, entity recognition, and QA, while developing large language models and integrating NLP into products.

You will analyze large text datasets and stay current with NLP research to deliver robust, scalable solutions in a fully remote setting. The role requires a strong background in NLP, Python, DL frameworks, and experience with modern NLP

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in CS, computational linguistics, AI, or related field with NLP specialization.
• 2–5 years hands-on NLP engineering experience.
• Proficiency with Python and NLP libraries (NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face).
• Experience with DL frameworks TensorFlow or PyTorch.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy NLP models for text classification, entity recognition, and QA.
• Develop and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) for specific tasks.
• Process and analyze large volumes of textual data.
• Implement NLU and NLG systems.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to integrate NLP capabilities into products.
• Evaluate and improve performance of NLP models and pipelines.
• Stay up-to-date with NLP and deep learning advancements.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Contribute to development of NLP tools and libraries.
• Troubleshoot and debug NLP systems.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Remote work adaptability

Education

Master's degree in CS/AI/Computational Linguistics

PhD in CS/AI/ NLP related field

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

Hugging Face Transformers

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

About the Role Our client, a leader in AI & Emerging Technologies, is seeking a skilled Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineer to join their innovative team. This fully remote role offers the flexibility to work from anywhere in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, ZA, and beyond. You will focus on developing and implementing advanced NLP models and solutions that enable machines to understand, interpret, and generate human language. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects, including chatbots, sentiment analysis, text summarization, and machine translation, contributing significantly to the company's product development. We are looking for a candidate with a strong technical background in NLP, a passion for language technologies, and the ability to deliver robust, scalable solutions in a remote setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy NLP models for various applications such as text classification, entity recognition, and question answering.
• Develop and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) for specific tasks.
• Process and analyze large volumes of textual data.
• Implement natural language understanding (NLU) and natural language generation (NLG) systems.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to integrate NLP capabilities into products.
• Evaluate and improve the performance of NLP models and pipelines.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest research and advancements in NLP and deep learning for text.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Contribute to the development of NLP tools and libraries.
• Troubleshoot and debug NLP systems.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, AI, or a related field with a specialization in NLP.
• 2-5 years of hands-on experience in Natural Language Processing engineering.
• Proficiency in Python and extensive experience with NLP libraries (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Strong experience with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Solid understanding of NLP concepts, including tokenization, embeddings, sequence models (RNNs, LSTMs, Transformers).
• Experience with LLMs and their application.
• Familiarity with data preprocessing techniques for text data.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills suitable for a remote work environment.
• Must be eligible to work remotely from South Africa.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Comprehensive health and dental coverage.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Fully remote work flexibility.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.
• Access to advanced NLP tools and resources.
• Collaborative and supportive remote team.
• Generous annual leave and paid holidays.
• Performance-based incentives.
• Work on cutting-edge language AI technologies.