Linguist

US Tech Solutions

United States

Remote

USD 41,328 - 82,656

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A tech staffing firm is seeking a Linguist to work remotely across the US. The role involves providing linguistic expertise, managing transcription processes, and analyzing linguistic data. Candidates should be native speakers of Telugu or Kannada, possess a relevant degree, and demonstrate excellent communication skills. Competitive pay range from $30 to $60 per hour based on experience.

Qualifications

Expertise in phonetics, phonology, and related areas.
Experience with linguistic data and analysis.

Responsibilities

Provide linguistic expertise in various areas.
Design and conduct quality evaluation experiments.
Develop processes for data labeling and feedback.
Manage lexical transcriptions and related metadata.
Analyze system metrics to improve performance.

Skills

Native speaker of Telugu/Kannada

Phonetics knowledge

Ability to analyze waveforms and spectrograms

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of transcription and annotation systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in linguistics or related field

Job description

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Base pay range

$30.00/hr - $60.00/hr

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Location - Remote (All across US)

Duration - 6 months (Possible Extension)

Summary:

The main function of a Linguist is to determine speech data needs and setting strategic vision for data based model and product improvements.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide linguistic expertise in the areas of phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP.

• Design and conduct experiments for evaluating transcription quality.

• Develop manual and automated processes for multiple concurrent projects including ensuring high-quality label alignments, prosodic classification, POS identification and disambiguation, targeted modeling data, and user feedback.

• Create and perfect text normalization and inverse text normalization processes.

• Manage lexical and phrasal transcriptions and related metadata.

• Analyze system metrics such as user opinion, lexicon transcription coverage, and POS tagger performance and remedy pain points.

Skills:

• Native speaker of Telugu/Kannada.

• Knowledge of phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, dialectology and other areas of linguistics.

• Ability to analyze waveforms and spectrograms.

• Knowledge of prescriptive writing and punctuation conventions for at least one language.

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

• Knowledge in transcription and annotation systems such as SAMPA, IPA and ToBI. Education/

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, speech science, or related field.

Job ID : #25-45571

Recruiter Email : sandeep.kr@ustechsolutionsinc.com

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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