Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineer

Placements24; Bloemfontein; On-site; ZAR 430,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional development

Collaborative team environment

Bloemfontein-based role

Job summary

Placements24 in Bloemfontein is seeking a talented NLP Engineer to design, train, and deploy language models that power text analysis, translation, and chatbots.

You will work with Python and libraries such as spaCy, NLTK, and Hugging Face, collaborating with software engineers to integrate NLP into applications while advancing language understanding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, computational linguistics, or a related field.
• Proven experience in developing and deploying NLP models and apps.
• Strong Python skills with NLP libraries such as NLTK, spaCy, Transformers.

Responsibilities

• Design, train, and deploy NLP models using state-of-the-art techniques.
• Process large volumes of text data to extract insights and features.
• Fine-tune pretrained models for text classification, NER, and summarization.
• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate NLP into apps.
• Evaluate models and iterate to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Skills

Python

NLP libraries

Transformers

Text processing

Machine learning

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Computational Linguistics

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

Hugging Face

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Job description

Our client is looking for a talented and motivated Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineer to join their innovative team in Bloemfontein . This role focuses on developing and deploying cutting-edge NLP models and solutions that enable machines to understand, interpret, and generate human language. You will work on exciting projects that involve text analysis, sentiment analysis, machine translation, chatbots, and more, directly impacting our client's products and services. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your expertise in a dynamic environment and contribute to advancements in human-computer interaction and information processing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, train, and deploy NLP models using state-of-the-art techniques and libraries.
• Process and analyze large volumes of textual data, extracting meaningful insights and features.
• Implement and fine-tune pre-trained language models for specific tasks such as text classification, named entity recognition, and summarization.
• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate NLP capabilities into applications and platforms.
• Evaluate model performance, conduct error analysis, and iterate on solutions to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• Proven experience in developing and deploying NLP models and applications.
• Strong programming skills in Python, with experience using NLP libraries like NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers.
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Understanding of linguistic principles and text processing techniques.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.
• Opportunity to work on challenging and impactful NLP projects.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment in Bloemfontein .
• Professional development support and training opportunities.
• Contribution to advancing language understanding technologies.