Senior PhD Linguist — AI Language Analytics

Ascendion; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking a PhD Level Linguist III to perform advanced linguistic analyses on large datasets and evaluate AI model outputs. You will write guidelines for annotation and translation tasks, and conduct typological research across diverse languages to inform AI projects.

The role requires near-native English and strong bilingual proficiency, with cross-functional collaboration across product teams. Join Ascendion to shape AI-enabled language solutions.

Qualifications

• Solid grasp of General Linguistics theory at the research level.
• Strong cross-functional communication and project management skills.
• Experience with Python.

Responsibilities

• Perform linguistic analyses on large datasets.
• Conduct linguistic error analysis of AI model outputs, identifying the most frequent and significant error categories.
• Write and revise guidelines for human annotation and other AI projects, including translation-related tasks.
• Conduct typological and sociolinguistic research across a wide range of languages, highlighting similarities and differences.

Skills

Linguistics theory

Cross-functional communication

Project management

Bilingual proficiency

Tools

Python

Job description

Ascendion is seeking a PhD Level Linguist III to perform advanced linguistic analyses on large datasets and evaluate AI model outputs. You will write guidelines for annotation and translation tasks, and conduct typological research across diverse languages to inform AI projects.

The role requires near-native English and strong bilingual proficiency, with cross-functional collaboration across product teams. Join Ascendion to shape AI-enabled language solutions.