Computational Linguist

Place of work
Mlynské nivy 12, Bratislava
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
From 1 700 EUR/monthMinimum base salary for this job is from 1700 EUR gross/month/full time. Our offer to you may be higher based on your skills and experience and will include additional rewards and benefits. *

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

You will be part of a larger legal-tech initiative at Swiss Re, which is being executed by the Digital and Smart Analytics Solutions Documents squad. You will act as a linguistic specialist and power-user of a best-in-class linguistic rule-writing tool called Cogito Studio by Expert.ai.

Are you ready for a new opportunity?

- Together with your colleagues, you will work on the development and curation of domain-specific ontologies and rule bases
- You will develop linguistic rules for the customized extraction of information or classification of documents.
- You consult the team and colleagues on how to build, maintain and use taxonomies over their life-cycle for our projects.

Information about the selection process

*We are required by law to disclose basic wage component (minimum salary) for the advertised positions. We carefully consider your professional competencies, qualifications and experience in our compensation package and/or when offering you other positions. Our compensation philosophy is to pay fairly, also considering market situation and the value employees may bring to Swiss Re.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.

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Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

Are you the one we are looking for?

- You have a degree in computational linguistics, mathematics or related field and a deep understanding of language analysis (morphology, syntax, semantics) and at least 2 years of experience in the field
- You have basic programming skills (preferably Python) to write data processing scripts to transform or extract knowledge from unstructured data, including hands-on experience with regular expressions.
- Curious and interested in learning new things
- Energized to exchange with subject mater experts on a periodic basis and to articulate their requirements into workable actions.
- Strong command of English language (both oral and written).
- Experience in project management comes as a plus.
- Knowledge in the legal-tech area comes as a plus.

Behavioral Competences:

- You are a great teammate with a ‘can do’ attitude and you like to work in an interdisciplinary and multi-cultural environment. As a matter of trust, we offer you a high degree of flexibility which matches your independent working style.
- You are creative and want to bring in your own ideas to push product development further.
- Working on multiple assignments in parallel doesn't prevent you from delivering high quality work and meeting deadlines.
- If you think that you bring the right knowledge, experience and personality for this job opportunity and for our team, we would love to hear from you!

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Brief description of the company

As the world's leading and most diversified global reinsurer, we offer as our core business financial services products that enable risk taking essential to enterprise and progress. Our company was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1863, and operates in more than 25 countries and provides its expertise and services to clients throughout the world. We combine financial strengths with experience, knowledge and creative thought to explore new opportunities in the interests of our clients, staff and shareholders.

Number of employees

1700 and more employees

Company address

Contact

Contact person: Lucia Vargova

ID: 1260976  Posting date: 16.11.2020  Basic salary component (gross): 1 700 EUR/month