Senior Researcher, Natural Language Processing

Lightspeed Studios; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightspeed Studios in Singapore is searching for an NLP Research and Development Specialist to enhance gaming experiences using advanced technologies. The role involves text classification, sentiment analysis, and data mining to apply NLP techniques effectively.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in NLP fundamentals, programming experience, and familiarity with deep learning models. Join a passionate team dedicated to innovation and growth.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of statistical models and machine learning principles.
• Experience working on NLP projects required.
• Familiarity with word segmentation and entity recognition is essential.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for NLP research and development including Chinese word segmentation and part-of-speech tagging.
• Optimize existing online algorithms and develop reliable NLP solutions.
• Explore applications of NLP techniques in gaming.

Skills

NLP fundamentals

Programming language proficiency

Big data mining

Sentiment analysis

Deep learning

Tools

CRF

SVM

RNN

CNN

LSTM

GAN

Job description

Business Unit

LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is made up of passionate players who advance the art & science of game development through great stories, great gameplay, and advanced technology. We are focused on bringing next generation experiences to gamers who want to enjoy them anywhere, anytime, across multiple genres and devices.

About the Hiring Team

Lightspeed Tech Center is an R&D department under Lightspeed Studios which develop PUBG Mobile and other high-quality games. Our Tech Center leads the research, exploration, and discovery of innovative technologies and provides technical services for all games during all phases of life cycle, including engine, audio, QA, AI, next generation game, technical cooperation, etc.

What the Role Entails

• Responsible for NLP research and development including Chinese word segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, sentence analysis, and named entity recognition.
• Responsible for text classification, sentiment analysis, data mining, text generation, topic analysis, label extraction, and other research and development job.
• Optimize existing online algorithms, develop efficient and reliable NLP solutions by combining business needs and data.
• Explore applications of NLP techniques and deep learning algorithms in games.
• Follow the latest developments in academia and industry and quickly apply findings in your work.

Who We Look For

• Familiar with NLP fundamentals, with a strong understanding of statistical models, related machine learning principles, and experience working on NLP related projects.
• Proficient in at least one programming language, familiar with basic data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in big data mining, knowledge-graph auto-making, and deep learning experience is preferred.
• Familiar with word segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, entity recognition, sentence analysis, model pre-training.
• Experience in sentiment analysis, relationship extraction, and event extraction is preferred.
• Publication of academic results in academic journals and conferences in NLP-related fields (such as: EMNLP, ACL) is preferred.
• Familiar with CRF, SVM, and other classic machine learning algorithms and tools, word vectors, RNN, CNN, LSTM, GAN, and other deep learning experiences are preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

Who we are

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life for people around the world.