The Role:
We are currently looking for a talented linguist to join our culturally-diverse Research and Development team, who are on a mission to develop the next generation of technology and products for language assessment and learning. We welcome candidates who are motivated, creative and enthusiastic about what they do to apply for this position.
Job Description:
As a member of the core technology team, you will:
1. Guide technology development from a language expert's point of view, working with speech engineers to invent and improve speech analysis algorithms for speech and language assessment and scoring.
2. Collect, process and manage linguistic data for the purpose of technology development. Transcribe, annotate and validate recordings and data in text collected from various sources. Design and conduct evaluation experiments. Manage data from internal and external contributors and partners.
3. Guide curriculum development team to use technologies that we have developed for the purpose of language learning.
Job Requirements:
1. MS or PhD in linguistics or related discipline with significant academic achievements.
2. Excellent communication skills in written and oral English and Mandarin.
3. Expertise in at least one of the following domains:
- Phonetics
- Second language acquisition
- Language assessment
4. Experience with English language teaching and project management are highly desirable, but not essential.
5. Coding skills and experience with speech technology will be helpful, but not essential.
