Amazon
Language Engineer, Artificial General Intelligence - Data Services
US, MA, Boston · Mid
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The bottom of this range ($74,900) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $91,042. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $111,280 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer Systems Analysts" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211) · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.
- Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- The base salary range for this position is listed below.
Requirements
- Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup
- Experience with one or more scripting language (e.g., Python, KornShell)
- Experience working with speech and text language data in multiple languages
- Experience working in a fast-paced, team environment
- Masters's or higher degree in a relevant field (computational linguistics or equivalent field with computational analysis)
- 2+ years experience in computational linguistics or language data processing
Nice to have
- Experience with statistical language modeling
- PhD in Computational Linguistics (or equivalent field with computational emphasis)
- Expertise in bootstrapping language data collections in a quickly changing environment
- Practical knowledge of version control and agile development
- Familiarity with database queries and data analysis processes (SQL, R, Matlab, etc.)
- Able to think creatively and possess strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff
- adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions
Compensation
- The base salary range for this position is listed below.
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