AT&T Natural Language Processing Software Engineer at Florham Park

Job Description

AT&T Labs Research is a world leader in the research and development of Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology. We are looking for a software engineer to take a leading role in the invention, architecting, development and ongoing advancement of an NLP framework and toolkit, exposing our leading-edge technology for AT&T services and for external customers.The position is in a group within our Research organization, in the Greater NY City Metro area, that enhances, extends, and productizes a range of Research technologies through the innovative application of software engineering. (Among other systems, the group is responsible for the WatsonSM speech engine.) The successful candidate will work closely with our experts in NLP, automatic speech recognition, machine translation, machine learning, and speech synthesis, to implement components and organize them into a framework; the resulting toolkit and APIs will be used both for our product systems and to support new research. The successful candidate must possess good communications skills and work well in a team setting. He/she must be comfortable working on complex projects with evolving objectives, and will be expected to be a proactive, independent problem solver and innovator. Required Qualifications:

Strong software skills, including C++ and Java

Knowledge of natural language processing algorithms and technology, as used in natural language understanding, machine translation, speech recognition, etc.

Experience with production software processes and tools

Masters or PhD in computer science or related field

Desired Qualifications:

Experience wrapping algorithms as toolboxes or APIs

Fluency in scripting languages, in particular python

Experience using machine learning technology

The Principal Member of Technical Staff - Research position applies extensive technical expertise to new projects and develops technical solutions to complex problems that require the use of ingenuity and creativity.Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• When formulating decisions, this position considers past practices to solve problems and extend precedents.
• This position is accountable for complex or advanced work, contributes to the refinement of principles and concepts that provide ATT with advantages in the marketplace.
• Is considered a recognized expert in a bounded domain.
• This is an independent contributor who determines and pursues course of action necessary to achieve results, working jointly with and provides technical leadership to technical research contractors/consultants on projects.
• Expert level technical professional.
• Technical SME within organization.
• Contributes through own development of advanced technologies/concepts with global reach or industry application.
• Has direct impact on creation of technical products/services.
• Serves as a role model and mentor.

KNOWLEDGE - Has extensive specialized technical expertise. Applies expert knowledge and broad understanding of multiple disciplines. Integrates expert knowledge of technical principles/methods of multiple disciplines with knowledge of products/services and internal operations. Advisor on ATT technologies/systems/procedures.

ANALYSIS/PROBLEM SOLVING - Solves complex, critical problems related to significant and unique issues. Uses extensive research and interpretative thinking. Utilizes innovative methods in developing solutions. Works on abstract problems requiring evaluation of intangible variables.

INDEPENDENCE - Guided by functional goals/objectives. May influence organization goals/objectives. Applies discretion to develop innovative solutions to problems without precedent.

CONTRIBUTION TO ATT TECHNOLOGY - Lead contributor on critical projects/technology initiatives. Develops enterprise-wide integrated solutions. Contributes to complex and innovative business solutions to achieve strategic objectives.

COMMUNICATION - Provides technical expertise to peers across the company. Actively promotes good working relationships. Develops mutually beneficial strategic alliances with customers.

Environmental Requirements: This position may be responsible for contributing to ATTs compliance with environmental laws and regulations as applicable to its job function. This may include, but is not limited to, work related to fuel tanks, emergency and stand-by generators, boilers, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, batteries, manholes and vaults, water wells, linear and other construction projects, water discharge, or air emissions.

Required Qualifications:

PhD in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or Masters degree and 2 - 6 years of experience in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field

2 to 6 years of relevant experience including record of exceptional creativity and innovation in software, statistics, mathematics, tools, algorithms, concepts or technologies.

Al/Machine Learning

Algorithms

Data Management/Mining

Distributed Systems & software Systems

Human Computer Interactions (HCI)

Mathematics

Theoretical Computer Science

Natural Language Processing

Network Traffic Analysis

Operations Research

Optical Systems

Optimization

Security & Cryptography

Speech Synthesis & Recognition

Speech/Text & Web Search/Mining

Spoken & Multimodal Dialog Systems

Statistics

Video & Multimedia Processing or Visualization/Computer Graphics

Job Requirements

 
Country: USA, State: New Jersey, City: Florham Park, Company: AT&T IT/Engineering/Technology.