Odixcity Consulting is Nigeria’s leading foreign outsourcing firm, specializing in human resources and procurement. We believe in delivering business solutions to groups, entrepreneurs, and SMEs.Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Computational Linguist with strong expertise in linguistic annotation and natural language processing (NLP).
In this role, you will design, implement, and evaluate annotation frameworks that support the development of advanced AI language systems.
You will work closely with machine learning engineers, data scientists, and annotation teams to ensure high-quality linguistic datasets.
Key Responsibilities
Design linguistic annotation schemas for complex NLP tasks including semantic role labeling, discourse parsing, coreference resolution and multimodal language.
Develop comprehensive annotation guidelines that balance linguistic precision with annotator usability and scalability.
Collaborate with new product teams to translate business requirements into linguistic annotation frameworks.
Ensure schemas capture relevant linguistic phenomena while remaining computationally tractable.
Build and maintain annotation interfaces, quality assurance dashboards and data management tools.
Develop scripts and utilities for data preprocessing, validation and analysis.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, English or a relating field.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in computational linguistics, language annotation, or NLP data operations.
Strong academic foundation in syntax, semantics, pragmatics and discourse analysis.
Experience in building and customizing annotation tools and work flows.
Track record in managing annotation projects from pilot to production scale.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.