AI Natural Language Processing Specialist

Placements24; Upington; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Professional development opportunities

Impactful NLP projects

Collaborative team environment

Paid time off

Job summary

Placements24 in Upington, Northern Cape, ZA is seeking an AI NLP Specialist to design and deploy NLP models for text classification, sentiment analysis, NER, and generation. This on-site role emphasizes collaboration with data scientists to extract insights from textual data.

You will work with libraries such as spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers, TensorFlow, and PyTorch, focusing on robust NLP pipelines while staying current with research in AI.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, AI, or a related field.
• Proven NLP experience and related ML techniques.
• Strong Python and familiarity with NLP libraries.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) for NLP tasks.
• Solid understanding of linguistic concepts and text processing.
• Familiarity with data preprocessing and feature engineering for text data.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and research skills.
• Strong communication skills for team collaboration.
• Experience with large language models (LLMs) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy NLP models using state-of-the-art techniques.
• Process and analyze large volumes of text data for various applications.
• Implement algorithms for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and question answering.
• Work with NLP libraries and frameworks (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to integrate NLP capabilities into products and systems.
• Evaluate model performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Stay current with the latest research and trends in NLP and artificial intelligence.
• Contribute to the development of robust NLP pipelines and workflows.
• Document NLP models, processes, and findings.

Skills

NLP

Python

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

Linguistics

Communication

Education

PhD in CS/CL/AI

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

spaCy

NLTK

Transformers

Job description

About the Role

Our client is seeking a dedicated and skilled AI Natural Language Processing (NLP) Specialist to join their innovative team. This role focuses on developing and implementing advanced NLP models and solutions to extract meaning, insights, and actionable information from textual data. You will work on challenging projects involving text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and language generation. This is an excellent opportunity for an NLP expert to contribute to significant AI advancements within a dynamic company. The position requires an on-site presence at our Upington, Northern Cape, ZA office, fostering close team collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy NLP models using state-of-the-art techniques.
• Process and analyze large volumes of text data for various applications.
• Implement algorithms for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and question answering.
• Work with NLP libraries and frameworks (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to integrate NLP capabilities into products and systems.
• Evaluate model performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Stay current with the latest research and trends in NLP and artificial intelligence.
• Contribute to the development of robust NLP pipelines and workflows.
• Document NLP models, processes, and findings.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, AI, or a related field.
• Proven experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and related machine learning techniques.
• Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with NLP libraries.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) for NLP tasks.
• Solid understanding of linguistic concepts and text processing.
• Familiarity with data preprocessing and feature engineering for text data.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and research skills.
• Strong communication skills for team collaboration.
• Experience with large language models (LLMs) is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and cutting-edge research.
• Exposure to impactful NLP projects.
• Collaborative team environment.
• Paid time off.