Signal is looking for a specialist in Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, or Machine Learning who can help develop the technology needed to drive our new information service. Signal is creating a product that allows our clients to receive a feed of information based on very specific and complex requirements (e.g. “All the news related to IPOs of European technology companies”). We are building this technology using cutting-edge algorithms for different information processing tasks in collaboration with leading universities. The next steps in the business will focus on how users can discover new information by navigating through all our information and automatically generating actionable insights from it.

A high number of candidates may make applications for this position, so make sure to send your CV and application through as soon as possible.The successful candidate will join our research team whose main goal is to analyze, implement, and experiment with different algorithms to solve or improve solutions to various challenges such as summarization, clustering, and event detection.

How we work:We currently have a team of 15 people from diverse functional backgrounds (mainly developers and researchers) that work closely together to bring this project forward. We combine technology from several research fields, including machine learning, natural language processing, and information retrieval. We also work in close collaboration with several universities and encourage the publication of research results from the team in academic conferences. As an example, we have just presented an industry talk and a demonstration (which won the best demonstration award) in ECIR 2015. We are based in Second Home, a vibrant and innovative working space in the heart of London.

Candidate background:A successful candidate will need to be able to propose, implement, and evaluate solutions to real-world requirements while being able to work in a team of developers and researchers. We are looking for a candidate who is ambitious, entrepreneurial, and ready to buy into the long-term vision of this company. The ideal candidate should be highly technical, have strong analytical skills, share our innovative values, and be self-motivated. Excellent communication skills, being open-minded and inquisitive, and having the desire to learn new skills are essential to thrive in our fast-paced multi-disciplinary environment.

Company:Signal

Qualifications:Essential skills and qualifications:MSc or PhD in a field related to Text Analytics (e.g., natural language processing, information retrieval, machine learning, or similar), or equivalent commercial experience;Detailed knowledge of one or more of the following fields:

Entity Recognition and DisambiguationConcept / Topic ExtractionDocument SummarizationTrend DetectionSentiment AnalysisSubstantial programming experience (preferably in a commercial environment);Clojure or similar languages (e.g., Java or Python);Software collaboration and revision control (e.g., Git or SVN).Desired skills and experiences:ElasticSearch / KibanaCloud computing (e.g., AWS)Hadoop / Spark etc.Graph Databases

Educational level:Master Degree

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