Position based in Shanghai, China
Saybot develops software technology and curricula for learning spoken English. Since 2005, we have been building software which features state-of-the-art speech technologies and innovative interactive lessons to help users practice speaking English. We are currently looking for a talented linguist to help strengthen our R&D team and to develop our next-generation products.
As a member of the core technology team, you will:
Guide technology developments from a language expert point of view: work with speech engineers on the way to use and improve speech analysis algorithms for speech and language assessment and scoring.
Collect, process and manage linguistic data for technology developments: transcribe, annotate and validate recordings and text from various sources. Design and conduct evaluation experiments. Manage internal and external contributors.
Guide curriculum development team in the use of developed technologies for the purpose of language acquisition.
MSc/PhD in linguistics or related discipline with significant academic achievements
Excellent knowledge of English and Mandarin
Expertise in at least one of these domains:
Phonetics
Second language acquisition
Language assessment
Coding skills, specially with scripting languages (perl or python)
Experience in speech technologies would be highly appreciated
Project management experience would be a big plus
English teaching experience would be a big plus
Contact: Sylvain Chevalier (sylvain@saybot.com)