Senior Researcher, Natural Language Processing

1 Week ago • 4-8 Years • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Researcher, Natural Language Processing (NLP) at LightSpeed Studios will be responsible for research and development in NLP, encompassing Chinese word segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, sentence analysis, named entity recognition, text classification, sentiment analysis, data mining, text generation, and topic analysis. This role requires optimizing existing algorithms, developing efficient NLP solutions, exploring NLP applications in games, and staying abreast of the latest academic and industry advancements. The ideal candidate possesses strong NLP fundamentals, statistical modeling skills, machine learning expertise, and experience with NLP projects. Proficiency in at least one programming language and familiarity with big data mining and deep learning are crucial.
Must have:
  • NLP fundamentals & statistical models
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language
  • Experience in NLP projects
  • Chinese word segmentation, POS tagging
  • Sentiment analysis & data mining
Good to have:
  • Big data mining & knowledge graph experience
  • Deep learning expertise (RNN, CNN, LSTM, GAN)
  • Experience with CRF, SVM
  • Publications in NLP journals/conferences
  • Relationship & event extraction

Job Details

What the Role Entails

About LightSpeed

Lightspeed Studios are one of the world’s most innovative and successful game developers. We are expanding across China, the United States, Singapore, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand.

Founded in 2008, LightSpeed Studios has created over 50 games across multiple platforms and genres for more than 4 billion registered users. It is the co-developer of the worldwide hit PUBG MOBILE.

Responsible for NLP research and development including Chinese word segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, sentence analysis, and named entity recognition.

Responsible for text classification, sentiment analysis, data mining, text generation, topic analysis, label extraction, and other research and development job.

Optimize existing online algorithms, develop efficient and reliable NLP solutions by combining business needs and data.

Explore applications of NLP techniques and deep learning algorithms in games.

Follow the latest developments in academia and industry and quickly apply findings in your work.

Who We Look For

Familiar with NLP fundamentals, with a strong understanding of statistical models, related machine learning principles, and experience working on NLP related projects.

Proficient in at least one programming language, familiar with basic data structures and algorithms.

Experience in big data mining, knowledge-graph auto-making, and deep learning experience is preferred.

Familiar with word segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, entity recognition, sentence analysis, model pre-training. Experience in sentiment analysis, relationship extraction, and event extraction is preferred.

Publication of academic results in academic journals and conferences in NLP-related fields (such as: EMNLP, ACL) is preferred.

Familiar with CRF, SVM, and other classic machine learning algorithms and tools, word vectors, RNN, CNN, LSTM, GAN, and other deep learning experiences are preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

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