Speech Output Developer/Perl, Django expertise needed, FTE

Speech Output Developer/Perl, Django expertise needed, FTE:

Sunnyvale, California (required on-site)

Overview:

Nuance is a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Our technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses, experience Nuance by calling directory assistance, getting account information, dictating patient records, telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing documents that can be shared and searched. Making each of those experiences productive and compelling is what Nuance is all about.

As a contributing member of Nuance, you will work within a dynamic team environment to develop, support, market and sell our award-winning software applications. We offer competitive compensation packages; including stock options, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401(k), full health and welfare benefits and a challenging technical but casual work environment. Join our dynamic, entrepreneurial team that operates worldwide (Europe, US, Canada and APAC). Be a part of our fast growing track of continuing success.

Responsibilities:

Speech Output Engineer - working in speech synthesis environments that sit between Nuance’s Research, Product, and Professional Services groups. Develops various linguistic tools and Text-to-Speech voice components in order to foster collaboration, improve efficiency, and deliver great user experiences.

• Build tools and components necessary for Advanced Speech Output workflow
• Port “research” code to stable, production-ready environments
• Work with Linguists, Designers, and Engineers to gather user requirements, create project schedules, and drive test plans
• Develop web applications utilizing technologies such as Django
• Design and implement web-driven databases
• Manage and deploy Linux and Windows server environments
• NLP (Natural Language Processing) savviness a ++

Qualifications:
 3-4 years industry experience
 Strong Python programming abilities
 Advanced Unix text-processing (AWK, sed) and administration skills (Ubuntu, CentOS)
 Experience designing and building relational databases (MySQL, Oracle)
 Strong programming/analytical/debugging skills
 Web application skills a ++ (JavaScript, JSP, HTML)

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