Natural Language Processing (NLP) Specialist

Placements24; Polokwane; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Cutting-edge NLP projects in Polokwane

Advanced language processing tools

Job summary

Placements24 seeks an NLP Specialist to design, develop, and deploy advanced NLP models in the AI & Emerging Technologies division in Polokwane. The role focuses on text analysis, sentiment detection, translation, and chatbot development, delivering language understanding solutions for real-world problems.

The ideal candidate has strong NLP expertise, experience with Python and ML frameworks, and a track record of deploying NLP solutions.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field with an NLP focus.
• Proven experience in developing and deploying NLP models.
• Strong understanding of NLP concepts, algorithms, and libraries (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Transformers).
• Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks.
• Experience with text data preprocessing and feature extraction techniques.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art NLP models.
• Implement techniques for text classification, entity recognition, sentiment analysis, and topic modeling.
• Develop and refine language generation models.
• Process and analyze large volumes of text data.
• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate NLP capabilities into applications.
• Evaluate and benchmark NLP model performance.

Skills

NLP expertise

Python programming

ML frameworks

Text processing

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/CL with NLP focus

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

Transformers

Job description

About the Role

Our client is looking for a specialized Natural Language Processing (NLP) Specialist to enhance their capabilities within the AI & Emerging Technologies division in Polokwane. This role focuses on developing and implementing sophisticated NLP models and solutions that can understand, interpret, and generate human language. You will play a key role in projects involving text analysis, sentiment detection, machine translation, and chatbot development. This is an exciting opportunity for an NLP expert to apply their skills to real-world problems, contributing to innovative products and services that leverage the power of language understanding.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art NLP models.
• Implement techniques for text classification, entity recognition, sentiment analysis, and topic modeling.
• Develop and refine language generation models.
• Process and analyze large volumes of text data.
• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate NLP capabilities into applications.
• Evaluate and benchmark NLP model performance.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field with an NLP focus.
• Proven experience in developing and deploying NLP models.
• Strong understanding of NLP concepts, algorithms, and libraries (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Transformers).
• Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks.
• Experience with text data preprocessing and feature extraction techniques.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge NLP projects in Polokwane.
• Access to advanced tools and resources for language processing research.
• Support for professional development and learning opportunities.
• Collaborative team environment focused on innovation.
• Direct impact on products and services leveraging human language technology.