FamilySearch Technical Historical Records Linguist II, Japanese (2-yr Fixed Term)

Responsibilities

• Exercise demonstrated expertise in paleography, linguistics, technology, and historical records to build machine learning training datasets for historical genealogical documents
• Use paleography skills to accurately decipher historical documents
• Annotate language data with linguistic information to build natural language processing (NLP) datasets
• Model how individuals naturally read historical documents by creating hierarchies of relationships between areas of text
• Precisely map the layout of historical documents
• Curate large volumes of structured and unstructured data
• Review datasets for errors and provide timely corrections
• Complete other data modeling activities and duties as assigned
• Enable FamilySearch’s automation efforts by meeting aggressive deadlines and delivering consistently high output, quality, and accuracy

Qualifications

• Education: BA/BS in Computer Science, Linguistics, Family History, or other bachelor’s degree with related or equivalent experience required
• Experience: 2 years relevant or related experience or equivalent experience
• Skills & Abilities: Native level fluency in Japanese including: Expertise in Japanese cursive scripts, Experience with Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, and Furigana, Experience with additional languages a plus, Business level fluency in English, Demonstrated paleography skills to accurately decipher historical documents, Demonstrated linguistic skills to build NLP datasets, Experience working with historical documents, Strong technical and analytical aptitude with a passion for data, efficiency, and accuracy, Independent worker who is self-motivated, dependable, detail oriented, responsible, self-disciplined, and a team player with a record of timely delivery of requests, Willingness to support several projects at one time, and to accept reprioritization as necessary in a fast paced, constantly evolving environment, Comfortable handling a high volume of work on a daily basis, High proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

About Us

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Job Identification

375117

Job Category

IT - Information Technology

Posting Date

07/27/2026, 02:47 PM

Locations

125 N State St, Salt Lake City, UT, 84103, US (Híbrido)

Job Schedule

Full time

Regular or Temporary

Regular

Worker Type

Employee

Number of Openings

1