Computational Linguist (Spanish - Spain)
Location: Remote (within Portugal, the UK, or the EU)
Availability: Full-time (40 hours/week)
Project Duration: 12 months from start date
Start date: June
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for a native-level Spanish Computational Linguist with a strong understanding of speech and language. Ideal candidates will be detail-oriented, comfortable working with audio data, and capable of collaborating closely with scientists and technical teams.
Having an additional language is a plus.
Role Description:
Assess the quality of speech in Spanish-Spain. This role requires the ability to accurately analyze and discuss speech and audio, along with some background in linguistics or speech processing. Computational skills are also required, including Python and at least basic command-line proficiency.
Responsibilities
- Assess the quality of speech in Spanish
- Categorize and annotate speech according to provided specifications
- Interact and collaborate with a team of scientists on a daily basis
- Report findings and insights
- Native or near-native proficiency in Spanish
- Background in linguistics, speech processing, or a related field
- Experience in using, adapting and creating scripts in python
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Ability to discuss and evaluate audio/speech quality confidently
- Comfortable working full-time on a long-term project (12 months)
- Additional language skills are a plus