Brazilian Portuguese Data Linguist-II

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is seeking a Brazilian Portuguese Data Linguist-II to join our Alexa data team. This role focuses on language data, primarily in the areas of text annotation and general data analysis deliverables.

The Data Linguist-II must have a passion for data, efficiency, accuracy, and should be capable of:
· Handling unique data analysis requests from a range of data customers
· Providing data quality expertise to other team members and coaching improvements
· Delivering high quality work under aggressive deadlines
· Working autonomously with minimum direction
· Building a thorough understanding of conventions and providing support to global sites
· Understanding changes to conventions deployed in response to customers’ requests and modifying workflows accordingly
· Contributing to process improvements to reduce handling time and improve output
· Improving software tools by identifying bugs and suggesting enhancements
· Diving deep into issues and implementing solutions independently
· Proactively addressing issues and problems
· Keeping up with changing project conventions and priorities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics
· Interest in semantics and related areas
· Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts and learn in-house data processing tools
· Experience with command line interfaces and basic UNIX commands
· Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
· Practical knowledge of data processing needs and trade-offs
· Detail-oriented with excellent communication and strong organizational skills
· Team player with exceptional interpersonal skills and a solution-oriented attitude
· Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly-collaborative, dynamic work environment
· Willingness to support several projects at one time and to accept reprioritization as necessary

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree
· 2+ years of experience working with written language data, including experience with annotation and other forms of data markup
· Native level fluency in Brazilian Portuguese
· Business level fluency in English
· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, Access, etc.)