Linguistic Specialist

Linguistic Developer – Hybrid- Cary, NC

Nice to meet you!

We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.

About the job

The Text Analytics and Natural Language Processing (NLP) R&D Team is looking for a Linguistic Developer to help us build and test world-class software and models. Our team works as a part of our Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning division to create innovative software and models to analyze natural language data across 33 languages. We are working on the cutting edge of today’s NLP, innovating with Large (and Small) Language Models, and leveraging various analysis and modeling techniques to overcome risks and ensure customer satisfaction. If you are a linguistic expert interested in applying your talents in software development, we want to talk with you!

As a Linguistic Developer you will:

• Develop high-quality text analytics software and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions by designing, programming, testing, and documenting code.
• Research, prototype, implement, and validate high-end analytic models across multiple human languages utilizing supervised and unsupervised statistical modeling (machine learning), deep learning techniques, and symbolic AI techniques.
• Research, prototype, and innovate to select appropriate natural language processing (NLP) methods and computational algorithms.
• Work closely with technical support and testing groups and provides expertise in text analytics and computational linguistics.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in Natural Language Processing or Computational Linguistics.
• Bachelor’s (Master’s or Ph.D. preferred) degree in linguistics, computational linguistics, natural language processing, or related field.
• Expertise in a leading-edge area of NLP and AI modeling (such as supervised, semi-supervised, unsupervised, symbolic AI, deep learning, or LLMs) and knowledge of relevant linguistics and NLP computing methods
• Aptitude for professional software development as demonstrated by programming experience in Python, SAS, Java, or similar programming language, basic knowledge of UNIX commands, CI/CD, and other key technical skills.
• Demonstrates at least intermediate aptitude across multiple languages and the ability to apply linguistic analysis to real-world language data.
• Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills and analytical thinking.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred Qualifications

• Skills in corpus linguistics, including collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and searching data.
• At least basic knowledge of statistical and machine learning models and methods.
• Experience writing or training large scale or complex models across multiple human languages and domains.
• Advanced or native language skills on at least 3 languages

World-Class Benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. 

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