Computational AI Linguist

Computational Linguist (NLP & Multilingual AI Research)
Remote - United Kingdom
Until end of December 2026

£59,000-£66,000

A leading global technology research organisation is seeking a Computational Linguist to support advanced research in multilingual AI and language technologies.

You will join a highly respected research team working on projects involving machine translation, speech technologies (ASR/TTS), and large language models, contributing linguistic expertise to improve how AI systems understand and generate human language across multiple languages.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse AI model outputs to identify linguistic error patterns and quality issues

• Perform linguistic analysis on large multilingual datasets

• Develop annotation guidelines and evaluation frameworks for language AI systems

• Support research across machine translation, speech technologies and LLM-based translation

• Conduct linguistic research including typology, sociolinguistics and corpus analysis

• Collaborate closely with research scientists, engineers and language experts

Requirements

• Master's or PhD in Linguistics or a related field

• Strong theoretical grounding in syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics and language typology

• Native or near-native proficiency in Hindi or another major Indian language, with knowledge of Indo-Aryan or Dravidian languages

• Programming skills in Python and ability to work with data (SQL or similar)

• Exposure to Natural Language Processing or language AI systems

• Strong research communication and analytical skills

This role will move fast so apply today!