Senior Language Engineer

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Company: Centific

About Centific

At Centific, people are at the center of our culture.We constantly seek out opportunities for people to enhance their skills,

and emphasize work-life balance for all our employees.We believe that competition can bring out the very best in people

– from our annual creative film and speech contests to our weekly office game tournaments,we mix work and play to engage our people and help our clients succeed.

About Job

We are seeking a Senior Language Engineer to drive efficiencies and innovation in delivering a seamless, fluent, and multilingual experience for AI-assisted services. This is a high-impact role that requires collaboration across global product, design, science, and engineering teams to create scalable language solutions.

We are looking for candidates passionate about the intersection of language and technology who can develop solutions to challenges in the Large Language Model (LLM) space. Using a combination of linguistic expertise (semantics, syntax, pragmatics) and scripting skills, they will solve complex problems in natural language processing and understanding.

This role will focus on designing processes that facilitate the production of high-quality language data, enabling the evaluation and improvement of multilingual AI experiences. Responsibilities include the creation of tools, automation scripts, and workflows for data annotation, as well as the development of intuitive annotation guidelines. The engineer will also analyze productivity and quality metrics to guide teams in achieving desired outcomes.

Strong analytical skills and language technology experience are essential for this role, particularly in automating and scaling data workflows while maintaining the highest linguistic standards. The ideal candidate will also have excellent writing and communication skills, capable of interfacing effectively with both technical and non-technical teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or other related field.
• Strong Experience in Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, or Large Language Models
• Proficient in Python.
• Knowledge of Regex, SQL, MS Excel, Git.
• Ability to navigate a Unix terminal and use common command line tools.
• Familiarity with annotation tools and workflows.
• Excellent communication and strong organizational skills with a keen eye for details.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment.
• Willingness to support several projects at one time and to accept reprioritization as necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or PhD in Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or other related technical field.
• Proficient in French, German, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, or Japanese.
• Experience in data science and quantitative research.
• Experience in reporting to VP and C-level stakeholders.
• Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning and deep learning techniques in the fields of NLP and search.
• Experience with AWS services (S3, Sagemaker, ML language services, etc.).
• Knowledge of user experience concepts and methods.
• Familiarity with online retail (e-commerce).

Centific is an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create an inclusive workplace and leverage the power of diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate or allow harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status or any other legally protected status. Workplace discrimination related to being pregnant and pregnancy-related harassment, including discrimination in the hiring process, is strictly prohibited in Centific Global Solutions.