Natural Language Processing (NLP) Scientist

Placements24; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical cover

Professional development

Research resources

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a talented NLP Scientist to lead research on language understanding, generation, and interaction. You will tackle challenging tasks in sentiment analysis, translation, QA, and conversational AI within a dedicated AI research team in Paarl.

Responsibilities include developing novel NLP algorithms, building deep learning models (transformers, LSTMs), and collaborating with engineers to deploy production-ready NLP solutions.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc with NLP focus and research track record.
• Publications in NLP or ML venues are preferred.
• Strong Python skills and experience with NLP libraries.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and publish NLP research on language understanding and generation.
• Develop and refine models such as transformers for production.
• Analyze large text corpora and ensure data quality.
• Collaborate with engineers to deploy models in systems.

Skills

Python

Deep Learning

NLP

Research

Education

PhD in CS/Computational Linguistics

Master in CS/AI

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

Transformers

PyTorch/TensorFlow

Job description

About the Role

Our client is looking for an accomplished Natural Language Processing (NLP) Scientist to join their dedicated AI research team in Paarl . This role involves advancing the state-of-the-art in language understanding, generation, and interaction through rigorous research and development. You will tackle complex problems in areas such as sentiment analysis, machine translation, question answering, and conversational AI, contributing to intelligent systems that interact naturally with users. The position offers a fantastic opportunity to work on impactful projects, collaborate with leading experts, and contribute to the future of human-computer interaction in a stimulating research environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research and develop novel algorithms for various NLP tasks, including text classification, entity recognition, and summarization.
• Build and fine-tune deep learning models for language understanding and generation (e.g., Transformers, LSTMs).
• Process and analyze large text corpora, ensuring data quality and relevance.
• Collaborate with engineers to deploy NLP models into production systems and applications.
• Publish research findings and stay current with the latest NLP advancements.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field with an NLP focus.
• Demonstrated experience in NLP research and development, with publications in relevant conferences or journals.
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with NLP libraries (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Expertise in deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary and attractive bonus structure.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Generous budget for professional development, including conferences and training.
• Access to high-performance computing resources for research in Paarl .
• A collaborative and intellectually stimulating research culture.