Software Developer (Natural Language Processing)

Member / Volunteer Full Time / Part Time Supported / Volunteer Remote

Develop AI-augmented tooling and APIs for Bible translation and quality assessment. Build resilient, scalable cloud-native services using a DevOps approach to deliver NLP capabilities.

Announcement

We are seeking full-time and volunteer professional Software Developers with Natural Language Processing experience. We have product teams that work in various frameworks and platforms. Software Developers (Natural Language Processing) are needed to implement exciting new design opportunities around a web-based API giving access to as-a-service AI-augmented Bible Translation tooling for translation and quality assessment. The API will be made available to internal SIL Global products as well as external clients who work in the same fields. These are development and operations roles with a "you build it, you run it" DevOps approach. The mission of the team is to deliver these AI/NLP capabilities to clients as a high quality, highly resilient, scalable service.

About SIL Global

SIL Global is a faith-based nonprofit organization committed to serving translation teams worldwide. If you believe, as we do, that all languages are of value, form an integral part of people's identity, and have the potential to serve them in a rapidly changing world, then you can be part of a software team serving translation teams worldwide.

The Role

A Software Developer (Natural Language Processing) is responsible for using their knowledge of programming languages and NLP to design software programs. Their duties include meeting with clients to determine their software needs, coding and testing software to ensure functionality, and updating software programs to refine components like cybersecurity measures and data storage capacities.

Major Responsibilities

Design, develop, and deploy software applications, new features, and defect fixes
Design and develop unit tests and perform code reviews
Work with team leader to collaborate, review, and deliver high quality software applications
Participate as an integral and enthusiastic part of the team, exhibiting ownership, follow-through, initiative, awareness, and effective communication with peers and management
Work with the team around a cohesive product roadmap

Minor Responsibilities

Analyze software requirements by consulting with the user community
Support user community with developer-level support
Write technical reference documentation for the new software
Participate in regular project status, planning, partnership, and strategic meetings
Be available to travel to meet with the larger development team at least once per year
Be available to travel biennially to the Language Technology Conference
Participate in professional conferences and meetings

Knowledge & Skills

A servant heart attitude
Demonstrated skills in software development and algorithms
Demonstrated passion for programming and solving complex problems
Demonstrated user interface design skills
Good interpersonal skills of communication
Good organizational skills
The ability to quickly analyze and learn a large existing codebase
The ability to make decisions in a timely manner
The ability to generate multiple solutions to the problem
The ability to quickly pick up technical concepts
The ability to work both with a team and independently, and to multitask effectively

Education

Software Developers (Natural Language Processing) should have experience in software engineering, a good understanding of the software development lifecycle, and natural language processing. Preferred experience includes: A bachelor's or master's degree in/or equivalent experience in AI/NLP topics related to language processing. Experience with developing cloud-native applications (Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher) and Machine Learning tools and operations is also desirable, but we care more for a heart and mind that are always learning.

Training & Orientation

Will complete the initial IT Software Department training program and relevant portions of IT Orientation.

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