Linguistics Data Analyst

As a data analyst for the linguistics team you will be responsible for languages assigned to you based

on fluency. Your role will be to foster these languages and develop them for a multitude of products delivered to

customers. Your job will be to build and maintain these languages per our Lightcast standards and help in the

development of further features.

To fill this role we are looking for a dynamic and multilingual person that will quickly learn the ins and outs of the role in

order to become an active part of a multicultural team.

Major Responsibilities:

• Analyze and improve data quality of multilingual text classifiers
• Work with linguistics and engineering teams to build out new parsers across languages
• Translate various taxonomies such as Skills, Titles, and Occupations.
• Create crosswalks from origin language titles and skills to Lightcast taxonomies
• Use SQL for data handling and database management

Skills/Abilities:

• Competency in three or more languages strong preference will be given to candidates fluent in Danish, Croatian & Czech.
• Understanding of syntax and structural analysis of languages
• Microsoft Excel experience (including vlookups, data cleanup, and functions)
• Knowledge of query languages such as SQL
• Knowledge of text analysis or machine learning principles
• Experience with data analysis using tools such as Excel or Python
• Knowledge of RegEx

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Data Analytics, NLP or similar (preferred)
• Knowledge of multinational labor markets (preferred)
• Strong linguistics knowledge

Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with headquarters in Moscow (ID) with offices in the United Kingdom,

Europe, and India. We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by

providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities. 

Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless

of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender

identity or Veteran status. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their

authentic, original, and best selves to work.