Language Engineer, Artificial General Intelligence - Data Services

Amazon; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 65,200 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life & AD&D insurance

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Language Engineer for the AGI Data Services group to drive NLP data preparation, annotation, and tooling for large-scale language models. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to ensure alignment with human policies and preferences.

You will design data collection tasks, analyze language data, and build tools using Python, contributing to state-of-the-art language modeling efforts in a fast-paced team environment.

Qualifications

• Master's or higher degree in computational linguistics or related field with computational analysis.
• Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup.
• Experience with scripting language (e.g., Python, KornShell).
• Experience with speech and text language data in multiple languages.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, team environment.
• 2+ years experience in computational linguistics or language data processing.
• Excellent communication, strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design data collection tasks; define quality targets and coordinate data collection efforts; be responsible for final deliverables.
• Analyze and extract language-related insights from large data amounts.
• Build tools or prototypes for data analysis or data authoring using Python or similar scripting language.
• Use modeling tools to bootstrap or test new functionalities.
• Collaborate with scientists and software engineers to evaluate language model performance.
• Handle competing requests from a range of data customers.

Skills

Language annotation

Python scripting

Multilingual data

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Master's in Computational Linguistics

PhD in Computational Linguistics (preferred)

Tools

SQL

R

Matlab

Git

Job description

Description

The Amazon Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Data Services organization is looking for a Language Engineer with experience in dataset construction, linguistic annotation, dialog/semantic schemas, and automatic processing of large datasets. You will play a critical role in driving innovation and advancing the state-of-the-art in natural language processing and machine learning. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and data scientists to ensure that our AI systems are aligned with human policies and preferences.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Design data collection/creation tasks in response to science needs: author instructions, define and implement quality targets and mechanisms, provide day-to-day coordination of data collection efforts (including planning, scheduling, and reporting), and be responsible for the final deliverables
• Analyze and extract language-related insights from large amounts of data
• Build tools or tool prototypes for data analysis or data authoring, using Python or another scripting language
• Use modeling tools to bootstrap or test new functionalities
• Collaborate with scientists and software engineers to evaluate performance of language models
• Handle competing requests from a range of data customers

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup
• Experience with one or more scripting language (e.g., Python, KornShell)
• Experience working with speech and text language data in multiple languages
• Experience working in a fast-paced, team environment
• Master's or higher degree in a relevant field (computational linguistics or equivalent field with computational analysis)
• 2+ years experience in computational linguistics or language data processing
• Excellent communication, strong organizational skills and very detail-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in writing grammars and building FSTs
• Experience with statistical language modeling
• PhD in Computational Linguistics (or equivalent field with computational emphasis)
• Expertise in bootstrapping language data collections in a quickly changing environmentPractical knowledge of version control and agile development
• Familiarity with database queries and data analysis processes (SQL, R, Matlab, etc.)
• Willingness to support several projects at one time, and to accept reprioritization as necessary
• Able to think creatively and possess strong analytical and problem solving skills

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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Company: Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10421923