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• Use paleography skills to accurately decipher historical documents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• Model how individuals naturally read historical documents by creating hierarchies of relationships between areas of text
• Precisely map the layout of historical documents
• Perform data curation and quality assurance by:
• Curating large volumes of structured and unstructured data
• Reviewing datasets for errors and providing timely corrections
• Completing other data modeling activities and duties as assigned

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Linguistics, Family History, or other bachelor’s degree with related or equivalent experience required
• 2 years relevant or related experience or equivalent experience
• 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• Demonstrated paleography skills to accurately decipher historical documents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• Experience working with historical documents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