Monthly Archives: March 2018

Software Engineer (Clojure), Chatterbox Labs, UK

From this post: http://blog.chatterbox.co/recruiting-software-engineer/

Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Natural Language Processing; Functional Programming; Java; Clojure; Lisp

Chatterbox Labs are looking for a Software Engineer to join our, UK-based team to help both implement our cognitive technologies. You should hold an MSc in the field of Computer Science (or a related/similar field) and have experience in a commercial software environment.

You will join our technical team who focus on the research and development of our multi-lingual Cognitive Engine for short form and long form text classification & our Synthetic Data Generator, alongside our Data Scientists.

This diverse role will allow you to both collaborate on machine learning research and to also implement commercial software.

Responsibilities
  • Develop, extend and maintain underlying machine learning within the Cognitive Engine & Synthetic Data Generator
  • Implement & test Clojure & Java code for commercial release
  • Research, explore & evaluate new methods for classification & data synthesis
  • Co-create new Intellectual Property alongside the Data Science team
  • Test and evaluate current technologies and make recommendations for improvements
Required Qualifications
  • MSc in Computer Science or related field
  • Demonstrable experience of using a functional language, e.g. Clojure, Scala, Racket, Common Lisp, Haskell, Erlang, etc
  • Commercial experience using a Java Virtual Machine language (Java, Clojure, Groovy, etc)
  • Experience using collaborative software management tools (git, subversion, etc)
  • Strong problem solving and algorithm development skills
  • The desire to build robust, proven and tested technologies
Desirable Qualifications
  • Experience of developing machine learning software in a commercial environment
  • Experience either researching or applying:
    • Reinforcement Learning
    • Deep learning techniques
  • Experience dealing with large datasets
  • Experience with large-scale processing frameworks (e.g. Hadoop, Spark)
Minimum Education Level

MSc in Computer Science or related field

Language Requirements
  • Spoken English language is essential
  • A second language is useful
To apply

Please send an email to careers@chatterbox.co with a cover note introducing yourself and a bit about you, and attach a comprehensive CV in pdf format.