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Apple Linguistic Annotation Project Lead Siri United States, Washington, Seattle 256719936
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Siri’s Natural Language Understanding is powered by high quality, detailed linguistic annotations. The NL Annotation Project Lead is instrumental in coordinating annotation projects with human annotators and stakeholder data scientists & machine learning engineers.RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:- Reviewing and advising the development of annotation project strategies, interfaces, and guidelines- Relaying and interpreting project guidelines and instructions for annotators- Serving as an interface for feedback and questions from annotators back to data scientists- Prioritizing and scheduling projects to align with organizational goals and timelines- Coordinating with vendors to establish long-term partnerships and ensure proper & accurate invoicing- Monitoring and managing individual annotator performance metrics (accuracy, throughput), providing feedback and guidance for improvement.
- Strong understanding of English language linguistics, syntax, and grammar; and applications to Natural Language Processing
- Experience developing, implementing, and communicating a complex ontology or taxonomy system
- Proficient computer (MacOS) skills; experience with general office software
- Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to interact with all levels of engineers, in-house annotators, and remote/crowd workers
- Excellent project management skills; able to collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize competing projects and set, and maintain, a schedule for milestone and project completions
- Extensive prior experience in linguistic annotation; tasks may have included named entity recognition, part of speech tagging, constituency parsing, dependency parsing, or application-specific natural language parsing
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Linguistics or similar field, 2+ years experience as linguistic annotator.
- Experience as linguistic annotation project/team coordinator preferred.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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