We are looking for you

At berns language consulting, we are seeking support in the area of NLP in the back office for our interdisciplinary team. We are language process consultants and language data experts with different professional backgrounds, e.g., in (computer) linguistics, translation, or computer science. We support internationally active customers in the implementation and optimization of their language processes and the preparation of their language data. We examine customer processes from a business, technical, and professional perspective and know the best software on the market.

Your responsibilities

You will support our computational linguistics team in the back office. This includes researching current topics in the field of language and AI, testing new possibilities, and presenting your findings to the team. You will help evaluate software providers according to specific requirements, accompany pilot projects, and contribute your ideas when it comes to evaluating machine learning models (e.g., machine translation, LLMs) and deriving potential improvements from evaluation results. You will work behind the scenes on customer projects, test code, and independently implement isolated requirements programmatically.

Your profile

It is important that you have basic programming skills and are enthusiastic about languages and NLP. We could imagine that you are studying (business) informatics, data science, digital humanities, or computational linguistics at the end of your bachelor’s degree or at the beginning of your master’s degree.

Skills

• Very good written and spoken German and English
• Very good verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent PC skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Very good knowledge of Python

Nice-to-have (of advantage, but can be learned on the job)

• Knowledge of other programming and scripting languages
• Experience with PyCharm, Git, and MongoDB
• Prior knowledge of NLP
• Basic XML knowledge (schema, validation, parsing)
• Knowledge of CAT and MT systems as well as (terminology) databases
• Basic knowledge of linguistics and terminology

What we offer

With us, you will have the opportunity to contribute your own ideas and put them into practice with a high degree of personal responsibility in a small, interdisciplinary team. We have (almost) no hierarchies—every team member is a valuable part of the blc family, which is strengthened by regular team events. After your training period, you can work from home if you wish. Working hours are flexible and can be arranged by mutual agreement; planned absences, e.g., during exam periods, are possible.

Start date, location, contract

• Start immediately in our office in Düsseldorf, home office, or hybrid
• Minimum 12 hours per week (possibly more, depending on requirements and consultation)
• Duration: Minimum one year, longer preferred
• Hourly wage negotiable

Your application

Please send your short application in German (cover letter, resume, transcript of records, bachelor’s degree certificate if applicable) and any questions by email.