Linguist

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; Burlingame (CA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. has an immediate opening for a Linguist in Burlingame, CA on a hybrid, 6+ month contract.

The role focuses on providing linguistic expertise for data used in large language models, with collaboration across linguists and data operations teams. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s or PhD in Linguistics, have 4–5 years of linguistics experience, Python, NLP tools, regular expressions, and familiarity with LLMs and prompt engineering; strong communication and data analysis

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Linguistics or related field.
• Experience with ML frameworks, NLP libraries and tools.
• 4-5 years of experience in a Linguist role.
• Experience with conversational assistants, ML support, LLMs.
• Bachelor's degree in Linguistics or related field.
• Experience with regular expression encoding.
• Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience with SQL and data analysis processes.
• Experience working with speech and text data.
• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering and applications.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational skills and detail orientation.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Provide linguistic expertise while delivering data for large language models
• Collaborate with linguists and data operations teams in data collection, data curation, and annotation efforts
• Evaluate and curate data sets for ML models using LLM solutions
• Assess model performance and data quality
• Create guidelines to support labeling projects for consistent language data annotation
• Develop complex and consistent linguistic analyses collaboratively

Skills

Python

SQL

Regular expressions

NLP libraries

LLMs prompt engineering

Speech and text data

Machine learning frameworks

Data analysis

Linguistic knowledge

Data annotation

Education

Master's or PhD in Linguistics or related

Bachelor's degree in Linguistics or related

Job description

Immediate need for a talented Linguist. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Burlingame, CA(Hybrid).

Job ID:26-29590

Pay Range: $40 - $47/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide linguistic expertise while delivering data for large language models
• Collaborate with other linguists and data operations teams in data collection, data curation, and annotation efforts
• Evaluate and curate data sets for ML models using LLM solutions
• Assess model performance and data quality
• Create guidelines to support labeling projects for consistent language data annotation
• Develop complex and consistent linguistic analyses collaboratively

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills; Master's or PhD in Linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, or related field
• Experience with machine learning frameworks, NLP Libraries, and Tools
• 4-5 years of experience working in a Linguist role
• Conversational assistant, ML Support, LLMs
• Bachelor's degree in general Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, or related field
• Experience with regular expression encoding
• Knowledge of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and other areas of linguistics
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with database queries and data analysis processes (i.e. SQL, spreadsheets)
• Experience working with speech and text data
• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and their applications
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment
• Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

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Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.