- Graduate degree (MS or PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Sciences or a related discipline with specialization in natural language processing or machine learning.
- Familiarity with programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl.
Would you like to pioneer new technologies in African natural language processing, machine translation and machine learning?
As software development engineer, you will develop novel algorithms, language translations and modeling techniques of African languages. Your work will help us raise the bar, by bridging poor communication and language barriers in Africa. You will be able to leverage OpenBinacle's heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in computer generated natural language translation.
We are looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Engineers with a strong machine learning background to join us to build industry-leading Speech and Language technology.
Position Responsibilities:
- Participate in the design, development, evaluation, deployment and updating of data-driven models and analytical solutions for written language applications.
- Research and implement novel ML and statistical approaches which add value.
- Lead and mentor our data scientist interns and junior engineers.
- Develop and/or apply statistical modelling methods (e.g. deep neural networks), optimizations, and other ML techniques to different applications in written language engineering.
- Experience in building speech, natural language processing and/or machine learning systems.
- Scientific thinking and the ability to invent, a track record of thought leadership and contributions that have advanced the field.
- Solid software development experience.
- Good written and spoken communication skills.
- Speak multiple African languages, English is a MUST.
- Experience with Deep Learning.
If you are the right candidate for the position, kindly send your resume to [email protected]. Ensure you use SWDE01OBT as your subject.