Linguistic Engineer

5 meses atrás


Lisboa, Portugal Nlp People Tempo inteiro

The company's language operations platform blends advanced artificial intelligence with human editors, for fast, efficient, high-quality translations that get smarter over time. Unbabel integrates seamlessly in any channel so that agents can deliver consistent multilingual support from within their existing workflows, making it easy for enterprises to grow into new markets and build seamless customer experiences in every corner of the world.

Based in San Francisco, California, Unbabel works with leading customer support and marketing teams at brands such as Facebook, Microsoft, Booking.com, and Under Armour to communicate effortlessly with customers around the world, no matter what language they speak.

What's the opportunity about?
As a Linguistic Engineer in the Community R&D Team at Unbabel, you will ensure the excellence of our human and AI-assisted translation processes. Leveraging your expertise in CAT tools, human translation quality analysis, and AI technologies, you will enhance our translation workflows aiming to improve the translation quality delivered to our customers. Your work will directly impact the development and evaluation of:

Development of modules to train our Communities;

Framework and methodologies for translation quality evaluation;

AI and LLM technologies integrated into CAT tools, contributing to our Linguistic AI for Community.

Responsibilities

Quality Analysis Responsibilities

Enhance the quality of human translations through our own CAT tool by applying your understanding of CAT tools.

Analyze current quality metrics (MQM, MQM-QE, accuracy) and recommend additional data points for better linguistic data evaluation.

Use Python (e.g., Pandas) for text data pre-processing to support quality analysis and perform rigorous data analysis to improve accuracy and throughput of annotated data.

Utilize SQL to query databases and extract relevant data for analysis.

Collaborate with QA engineers to conduct tests for features that impact translation quality.

Work with Product and Engineering to build and refine internal and external tools to improve translation quality.

Collaborate with other Linguistic Engineers and Community Managers to address quality issues during the translation process.

Develop and deliver training modules for the Community to ensure best practices and continuous improvement in translation quality and translation evaluation.

Linguistic Engineering Responsibilities

Create effective prompts with and without fine-tuning to optimize large language models (LLMs) for translation tasks.

Integrate AI and LLM technologies into CAT tools to enhance translation accuracy and efficiency, ensuring AI effectively aids the translation process.

Linguistic Research Responsibilities

Research novel methodologies from both industry and academia to improve translation quality.

Study linguistic characteristics of diverse locales to ensure accurate and culturally sensitive translations.

Company:
Unbabel

Qualifications:
Translation Knowledge and Skills

Strong understanding of translation studies and theoretical frameworks for translation quality.

Proficiency in various CAT tools (e.g., SDL Trados, MemoQ, MateCat).

Familiarity with translation quality evaluation technologies and methodologies (MQM framework, automatic metrics).

Knowledge of subject matter expert translation workflows.

Experience with style guides, quality checks, and translation quality analysis tools.

Soft Skills

Lead training sessions to foster a culture of continuous learning.

Collaborate effectively across departments, ensuring clear communication.

Demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities and adaptability in a dynamic environment.

Maintain high standards of accuracy in all tasks.

Qualifications and Skills

Relevant BSc degree or MA in the areas of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics and/or Translation Studies.

Previous experience in linguistic engineering, computational linguistics, and/or language-based data science experience.

Interest in Translation Quality evaluation methodologies (metrics and quality standards).

Excellent communication and presentation skills in English.

Experience working cross-functionally to create cohesion.

Analytical and situational approach with unity as a guiding principle.

English fluency (CEFR C1 upwards); multilingual preferred.

Extensive translation knowledge and tech savviness.

Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.

Ability to convey strategic concepts to diverse audiences.

Influencing skills for representation of needs within the function.

Ability to work independently and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

Educational level:
Bachelor's Degree

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