Data Analyst (Arabic)

Obsidian BG Holdings LP (Lightcast); United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Obsidian BG Holdings LP (Lightcast) is seeking a Data Analyst (Arabic) to analyze and improve multilingual data quality. Working remotely as an independent contractor for up to 8 months, you will collaborate with Linguistics and Engineering teams to enhance classifiers and taxonomies.

Responsibilities include developing parsers for Arabic dialects, translating taxonomies related to Skills, Titles, and Occupations, and ensuring data integrity across multilingual datasets.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in reading and writing Arabic, with an understanding of Arabic syntax.
• Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Data Analytics, NLP, or related field preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUPs and data cleanup.
• Knowledge of query languages such as SQL and advanced regular expressions (RegEx).
• Familiarity with text analysis or machine learning principles is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and enhance the data quality of multilingual text classifiers.
• Collaborate with Linguistics and Engineering teams to develop parsers for various Arabic dialects.
• Translate taxonomies related to Skills, Titles, and Occupations.

Skills

Arabic proficiency

SQL

RegEx

NLP concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Data Analytics, NLP or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Supporting global data initiatives, the full-time Data Analyst (Arabic) will analyze and improve multilingual data quality, collaborating with Linguistics and Engineering teams while working remotely as an independent contractor for up to 8 months.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze and enhance the data quality of multilingual text classifiers
• Collaborate with Linguistics and Engineering teams to develop parsers for various Arabic dialects
• Translate taxonomies related to Skills, Titles, and Occupations

Required qualifications

• Proficiency in reading and writing Arabic, with an understanding of Arabic syntax
• Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Data Analytics, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or a related field preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUPs and data cleanup
• Knowledge of query languages such as SQL and advanced regular expressions (RegEx)
• Familiarity with text analysis or machine learning principles is preferred