Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineer

Placements24; Noord-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

On-site location in Kimberley

Access to advanced research tools

Dynamic and stimulating work

Job summary

Placements24 in Kimberley seeks an experienced NLP Engineer to design, build, and deploy advanced NLP models for AI applications including chatbots and text analysis.

You will work with data scientists and software engineers, fine-tune pre-trained models, and maintain scalable NLP pipelines.

The role is on-site in Kimberley with a dynamic research environment and opportunities to work with cutting-edge datasets.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Linguistics, or a related field with a specialization in NLP.
• 3+ years of experience in Natural Language Processing.
• Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries (NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Experience with deep learning frameworks for NLP tasks.
• Understanding of linguistic principles and computational linguistics.
• Strong programming and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement NLP models for text classification, entity recognition, and language generation.
• Build and maintain large-scale NLP pipelines and systems.
• Fine-tune and deploy pre-trained language models (e.g., BERT, GPT).
• Process and analyze text data from various sources.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to integrate NLP solutions.
• Evaluate and improve the performance of NLP models.

Skills

NLP expertise

Python

Linguistics understanding

Problem-solving

Strong programming

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in CS/ Linguistics/NLP specialization

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

Hugging Face Transformers

Deep learning frameworks

Job description

About the Role

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineer to join their advanced research and development team in Kimberley . You will be instrumental in designing, building, and deploying sophisticated NLP models and systems that enable machines to understand and process human language. This role is at the core of many exciting applications within AI & Emerging Technologies , from chatbots and virtual assistants to sentiment analysis and text summarization. You will work within a collaborative environment, tackling complex linguistic challenges and contributing to innovative AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement NLP models for tasks such as text classification, entity recognition, and language generation.
• Build and maintain large-scale NLP pipelines and systems.
• Fine-tune and deploy pre-trained language models (e.g., BERT, GPT).
• Process and analyze text data from various sources.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to integrate NLP solutions.
• Evaluate and improve the performance of NLP models.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Linguistics, or a related field with a specialization in NLP.
• 3+ years of experience in Natural Language Processing .
• Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Experience with deep learning frameworks for NLP tasks.
• Understanding of linguistic principles and computational linguistics.
• Strong programming and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge NLP projects.
• On-site position in Kimberley , fostering team collaboration.
• Access to advanced research tools and datasets.
• A dynamic and intellectually stimulating work environment.