Linguist — Speech Data & NLP Experimenter

PRI Global; Redmond (WA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

PRI Global is seeking a Linguist for an onsite (hybrid) role in Redmond, WA or Burlingame, CA. The position focuses on determining speech data needs and shaping a data-based model and product improvements.

You will design experiments and develop transcription processes across multiple concurrent projects. Requirements include a BA/MA/PhD in linguistics with applied linguistics knowledge, plus SQL and Python skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, speech science, or related field.
• Foundational linguistics background — BA/MA/PhD in linguistics with applied linguistics knowledge.
• Technical skills — SQL and Python.
• Technical writing — produce clear guidelines, documentation, and analysis write-ups.
• Nice to have: ASR experience with quality evaluation (WER/CER/SER) and data quality assessment.

Responsibilities

• Provide linguistic expertise in phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP.
• Design and conduct experiments for evaluating transcription quality.
• Develop processes for multiple projects including label alignments, prosodic classification, POS identification and disambiguation, and data preparation.
• Create and perfect text normalization and inverse text normalization processes.
• Manage lexical and phrasal transcriptions and related metadata.
• Analyze system metrics and remediate pain points.

Skills

Phonetics

Phonology

Sociolinguistics

Dialectology

NLP

Waveform analysis

Spectrograms

Prescriptive writing

SAMPA

IPA

ToBI

SQL

Python

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in linguistics or related field

Tools

SQL

Python

Annotation tools

Job description

PRI Global is seeking a Linguist for an onsite (hybrid) role in Redmond, WA or Burlingame, CA. The position focuses on determining speech data needs and shaping a data-based model and product improvements.

You will design experiments and develop transcription processes across multiple concurrent projects. Requirements include a BA/MA/PhD in linguistics with applied linguistics knowledge, plus SQL and Python skills.