Junior Computational Linguist

Descripción del empleo

About the role

Verbio by Capacity is hiring a Junior Computational Linguist to join the Capacity delivery team. This role involves developing and deploying advanced voice solutions within a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.

The core focus is on ensuring the linguistic quality and robustness of our voice-enabled products, particularly for the Spanish and LATAM markets, so Spanish language is a must for the position. The successful candidate will address dialectal variations, linguistic/acoustic challenges and NLU problems to deliver culturally appropriate solutions to millions of users.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Data Annotation and Curation: Processing, cleaning, and annotating large datasets of linguistic data to train and test our Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models.
• Model Evaluation: Rigorously evaluating the performance of ASR and NLU (Natural Language Understanding) models, identifying linguistic errors, and pinpointing areas for improvement.
• Lexicon and Grammar Development: Assisting in the maintenance and expansion of language-specific lexicons, grammars, and language models for specific project needs.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Providing linguistic insights and support to engineers and project managers to ensure projects' success.
• Focus on Spanish and LATAM Markets: Leverage specialized linguistic expertise in Spanish, including various LATAM dialects and co-official languages from Spain, to guarantee product accuracy and optimize user satisfaction within these critical markets.

We most definitely want you if...

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong background in Linguistics and a passion for technology to join our team.

What We're Looking For:

• A quick learner who thrives in multidisciplinary, intercultural environments.
• Interest in language technologies, specifically for the Spanish and LATAM markets.

Beneficial Experience:

• Prior experience with NLU (Natural Language Understanding) and ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) projects.
• Familiarity with a Linux environment.
• Previous experience with chatbots and AI agents.
• Experience using AI tools for linguistic tasks and programming skills.

This experience will allow you to quickly accelerate your contribution to the team.

You will…

• Analyze, review, and prepare large text corpora for language technology product development, with a focus on Spanish-speaking regions (Spain and LATAM).
• Support computational linguists and engineers in making technical decisions related to data preparation and processing for new products.
• Contribute to the development, testing, and maintenance of linguistic resources such as grammars, models, and dictionaries.
• Collaborate in the deployment and quality assurance of new language models.
• Apply expertise in computational linguistics to enhance product performance across different language and dialect variations.

What you will do in your first 3 months (List of main tasks)

• Analyzing and preparing language data for product development, focusing on the needs of Spain and LATAM projects.
• Support Computational Linguists and Engineers with your linguistic expertise to make proper decisions for product development.
• Review and improve existing linguistic resources (dictionaries, grammars, and models) relevant to ongoing projects.
• Learn the day-to-day work tools and procedures.

Skills and Experience [MANDATORY AND MUST skills & experience]

• Master in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics.
• Spanish: native
• English (B2 or higher).
• Experience working with large text corpora.
• Familiarity with Linux-based systems.
• Strong organizational skills, reliability, and can-do attitude.
• Team spirit, responsiveness, flexibility, and proactivity.
• Capacity and willingness to learn and face new professional challenges.

Nice to have [Nice to have and plus skills, not mandatory]

• Additional languages (not English, English is mandatory for the job).
• Some experience in Python programming.
• Experience working in Linux and programming in Bash.
• Experience with other programming languages (Go, C++, Rust...).
• Experience using Docker.
• Experience in prompt engineering.
• Experience configuring chatbots and AI agents.
• Experience in AI programming.
• Knowledge on regular expressions.
• Some knowledge on data analytics.
• Background on phonetics.
• Background on semantics.

Información extra

Status

Activa

Estudios requeridos

E.S.O

Localización

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Tipo de contrato

Trabajo estudiantes

Publicado el

28-02-2026

Carnet de conducir

No

Vehículo

No

Carta de motivación

No

Idiomas

Español