Natural Language Processing (NLP) Specialist

Placements24; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Cutting-edge NLP projects

Collaborative environment

Professional growth opportunities

Continuous learning support

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled NLP Specialist to join its AI team in Port Elizabeth. You will develop and refine NLP systems that understand, interpret, and generate human language, spanning sentiment analysis, text summarization, and chatbots.

The role involves building and deploying models, evaluating performance, and collaborating with data scientists and software engineers to bring NLP solutions to products and services. This is a growth-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• Proven experience in developing and deploying NLP models.
• Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries (NLTK, spaCy, Transformers).
• Strong understanding of language modeling, deep learning, and statistical NLP techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement NLP models for text classification, NER, and MT.
• Process and analyze large volumes of text data to extract insights.
• Build and fine-tune pre-trained language models (e.g., BERT, GPT) for applications.
• Design conversational AI agents and chatbots.
• Evaluate and improve NLP system performance with metrics.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to integrate NLP solutions into products.

Skills

NLP

Python

Transformers

Text Analysis

Data Preprocessing

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Computational Linguistics

Tools

Hugging Face Transformers

spaCy

NLTK

Job description

About the Role

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Natural Language Processing (NLP) Specialist to join their dynamic AI team in Port Elizabeth . This role is central to developing and refining AI systems that can understand, interpret, and generate human language. You will be involved in exciting projects ranging from sentiment analysis and text summarization to building sophisticated chatbots and virtual assistants. Joining this team means contributing to innovative solutions that enhance user interaction and information accessibility, all within a collaborative and growth-oriented environment focused on advancing NLP capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement NLP models for tasks such as text classification, named entity recognition, and machine translation.
• Process and analyze large volumes of text data to extract meaningful insights.
• Build and fine-tune pre-trained language models (e.g., BERT, GPT) for specific applications.
• Design and develop conversational AI agents and chatbots.
• Evaluate and improve the performance of NLP systems using appropriate metrics.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to integrate NLP solutions into products and services.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• Proven experience in developing and deploying NLP models.
• Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries such as NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers.
• Strong understanding of language modeling, deep learning, and statistical NLP techniques.
• Experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation for text data.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge NLP and AI projects.
• Collaborative work environment with opportunities for professional growth.
• Support for continuous learning and development in the AI field.
• Contribute to the development of intelligent language-based applications.