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Cognii - Boston, MA

Cognii is building the "Siri for Education" to transform online learning. We are looking for two positions:

1. NLP Engineer

You should have a background or interest in following areas

  - natural language processing
  - statistical machine learning
  - syntactic and semantic analysis
  - large scale data modeling
  - information extraction and filtering
  - educational technology experience is a plus
2. Back-end Software Engineer

Some of the responsibilities include:

  - Design and implement the scalable web service RESTful API
  - Data pipeline workflow optimization
  - Write different scripts and tools to analyze the usage data logs
  - Experience with Ruby and Rails
Please send your resume and queries to jobs@cognii.com


RoR System Architect - Cognii - Boston, MA

Cognii is an ed-tech startup that creates the Siri like virtual learning assistants. Its natural language processing technology enables automatic assessment of essay answers along with qualitative feedback for personalized self-paced learning. More info at http://cognii.com

We are seeking full-time engineers for research and development of our real-time natural language processing system. For the back-end, we are looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails developer who can also do some front-end. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Design and update the secure scalable web service API

• Data pipeline workflow optimization

• Write scripts and tools to analyze the usage data and create a dashboard with visualizations

Qualifications:

• BS or MS computer science or related discipline

• 2+ Years of experience working in back-end web services with RESTful API

• Programming experience with Ruby on Rails, Sinatra or other web frameworks

• Proficiency with Databases, Ruby, Python, Shell scripting, Git, AWS EC2

• Server design and configuration with load balancing

• Interest in education or natural language processing or machine learning is a plus

Compensation will include a significant amount of equity along with a salary.

Please submit your application with latest CV to jobs@cognii.com


NLP Engineer - Cognii - Boston, MA

Cognii is an ed-tech startup that creates the Siri like virtual personal learning assistants. Its natural language processing technology enables automatic assessment of essay answers along with qualitative feedback for personalized self-paced learning. Its alternative to multiple choice based assessment helps students learn better, saves teacher's time, and lowers the cost of delivering engaging education. More info at http://cognii.com

We are seeking full-time engineers for research and development in natural language processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence. You will play an important role in defining the future of education. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Implement algorithms for processing large volumes of text data

• Design the syntactic and semantic analysis modules

• Write scripts and tools to scale the operations and fix bugs

Qualifications:

• BS, MS or PhD in computer science or related discipline

• Strong background in statistical modeling, NLP and machine learning

• Programming experience in C/C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Shell scripting, Databases, Git, AWS EC2

Experience with scalable RESTful API design is a plus

Compensation will include a significant amount of equity (>1%) along with a salary.

Please submit your application with latest CV to jobs@cognii.com


Cognii - Cambridge, MA

Want to build the "Siri for Education?" Cognii's mission is to transform education with the help of artificial intelligence technologies. We are seeking bright and talented research and development engineers to work on natural language processing and machine learning technologies for educational assessments. You will have the opportunity to work with the experienced team towards developing compelling products and solutions for our growing customer demand.

1. NLP Engineer

You should have experience and background in some of the following areas

  - natural language processing
  - statistical machine learning
  - syntactic and semantic analysis
  - large scale data modeling
  - information extraction and filtering
  - educational technology experience is a plus
2. Back-end Software Engineer

Some of the responsibilities include:

  - Design and implement the scalable web service RESTful API
  - Data pipeline workflow optimization
  - Write different scripts and tools to analyze the usage data logs
  - Maintenance and bug-fixes of the system
  - Experience with Ruby and Rails
Please send your resume and queries to jobs@cognii.com


Boston, MA - Cognii - NLP Research Engineer

Want to build the "Siri for Education?" Cognii is an ed-tech startup that is on a mission to transform the education with the help of artificial intelligence technologies. Based in Boston as part of LearnLaunchX accelerator and started by Vlingo/Nuance alumni, we are seeking very bright and talented research engineers to advance our natural language processing technology for educational assessments. You will have the opportunity to work with the experienced team towards developing compelling products and services for the growing customer demand. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Design and implement algorithms for educational assessments

• Data preprocessing and analysis for model building

• Write different scripts and tools to measure the performances of algorithms

• QA and maintenance of the system

• Contribute to technical documentation of data analysis systems, solutions and results

You should have experience and background in following areas with a strong commitment to developing practical applications

• natural language understanding

• machine learning

• syntactic and semantic analysis

• textual entailment and assessment

• large scale data modeling

• information extraction and filtering

• educational technology experience is a plus

If you feel that writing programs to process a few words long input is boring and want the challenge of processing a few sentences long input, then Cognii would love to talk to you! As part of the early team, you will get a hands on experience in a startup with significant equity based compensation. Desired Skills & Experience

• MS or PhD in computer science or related discipline

• Strong background in statistical modeling, NLP and machine learning

• Extensive experience programming in C/C++, Java

• Proficiency with SQL, Ruby, Python, Octave, Shell scripting, Git, AWS EC2

• Experience in analyzing data using statistical/psychometric techniques

• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and apply a wide range of technologies

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience with scalable web app development and deployment is a plus

• RESTful API design

• Server design and configuration

Please send your application to jobs@cognii.com with the subject "[HN] - Your Name"


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