Research Scientist/Data Manipulation in Boston, MA

Summary Description: Configure, analyze, test and and tune search engine software in various languages

Responsibilities:

Determine relevancy of search engine components in various languages
Test, evaluate, configure and tune search engine software components
Analyze relevancy problems and identify patterns
Extract, gather and organize content such as word lists, web site lists and query lists
Build tools and web user interfaces to allow editorial control of data
Evaluate localization problems and requirements from product management and customers
Work with engineers, information analysts, linguists, and QA engineers to resolve internationalization/localization problems
Organize and present status of international search relevancy


Technical Skill Level:

Proven ability to manipulate and analyze large datasets
Demonstrated facility with scripting language such as perl, python, or PHP for data access and manipulation
Knowledge of information retrieval, information extraction, natural language processing, and/or machine learning
Experience designing heuristic algorithms to solve complex problems


Desirable skills:

Familiarity with C/C++ on Unix/Linux
Computational linguistics understanding of phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax, semantics and how they are applied to process texts in various languages Experience designing heuristic algorithms to solve complex problems
Knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, and/or Italian
Experience using SQL and HTML to build web applications


Professional Skill:

Strong written and oral communication skills
Proven ability to coordinate with other teams, vendors, customers, and complete complex projects successfully
Able to work in a fast-paced environment and meet exciting technology challenges


Attitudes & Behaviors:

Analytical, detail orientation
Wide ranging interests and understanding
Flexible, quick, adaptable
Accountable

Required Experience:
MS in Computer Science or Computational Linguistics

Experience: Familiarity with C/C++ on Unix/Linux
Computational linguistics understanding of phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax, semantics and how they are applied to process texts in various languages Experience designing heuristic algorithms to solve complex problems
Knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, and/or Italian
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