Senior NLP Engineer

About the Role

Our client is seeking a highly motivated Senior NLP Engineer to join their dynamic team and develop sophisticated natural language processing solutions. You will be at the forefront of building systems that understand, interpret, and generate human language, driving innovation in areas like chatbots, sentiment analysis, and information extraction. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and large datasets to create impactful products. The position is based in our Plymouth, Devon, UK office, requiring a dedicated presence to foster close collaboration within the team and leverage the vibrant local tech community.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) models and applications.
• Implement algorithms for tasks such as text classification, named entity recognition, sentiment analysis, and machine translation.
• Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to define NLP requirements and solutions.
• Optimize NLP models for performance, accuracy, and scalability in production environments.
• Stay updated with the latest research and advancements in NLP and machine learning.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• Significant experience in developing and deploying NLP systems and models.
• Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries such as NLTK, spaCy, Transformers, and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Strong understanding of language models, text representation techniques, and deep learning for NLP.
• Experience with data preprocessing and feature engineering for textual data.

Benefits

• Attractive salary and performance-driven bonuses.
• Opportunity to work on challenging and innovative NLP projects.
• Collaborative work environment in our Plymouth office.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance.
• Support for continuous professional development and attending NLP conferences.