German Data Analyst - Multilingual NLP & Data Quality

Lightcast; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightcast is seeking a Data Analyst (German) to support multilingual data quality across global markets. As part of a cross-functional team, you will help develop parsers, evaluate text classifiers, and translate taxonomies, delivering high-quality data to customers worldwide.

This independent contractor role runs up to 6 months at 40 hours per week, with you providing your own laptop and internet. Responsibilities include improving classifier data quality, collaborating with Linguistics and

Qualifications

• German language proficiency required (reading/writing)
• Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Data Analytics, NLP, or related field preferred
• Multilingual candidates strongly preferred (Dutch or Turkish)
• Experience with Excel (VLOOKUPs, data cleanup, functions)
• Knowledge of SQL and regular expressions (RegEx)
• Understanding of text analysis or ML principles
• Ability to work independently with accuracy and pace

Responsibilities

• Analyze and improve multilingual data quality for classifiers
• Partner with Linguistics and Engineering to develop parsers across languages
• Translate taxonomies including Skills, Titles, Occupations
• Analyze and clean data using Excel and other data tools
• Support global data quality with language and data analysis expertise

Skills

German language

SQL

Excel

RegEx

NLP knowledge

Linguistics background

Multilingual capability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics or NLP or Data Analytics

Tools

Excel

SQL

RegEx tooling

Job description

Lightcast is seeking a Data Analyst (German) to support multilingual data quality across global markets. As part of a cross-functional team, you will help develop parsers, evaluate text classifiers, and translate taxonomies, delivering high-quality data to customers worldwide.

This independent contractor role runs up to 6 months at 40 hours per week, with you providing your own laptop and internet. Responsibilities include improving classifier data quality, collaborating with Linguistics and