Data Analyst (Arabic)

Lightcast is looking for data driven individuals with specific language skills in order to help us expand our global features. This individual will be integral in ensuring we are able to deliver high quality data to our customers.  Please note that this contract term up to 9 months.

Major Responsibilities

• Analyze and improve data quality of multilingual text classifiers.
• Work with linguistics and engineering teams to build out new parsers across languages.
• Translate various taxonomies such as Skills, Titles, and Occupations.

Skills/Abilities

• Competency in reading and writing Arabic
• Understanding of syntax and structural analysis of languages
• Microsoft Excel experience (including vlookups, data cleanup, and functions)
• Knowledge of query languages such as SQL
• Strong knowledge of rule writing using RegEx
• Knowledge of text analysis or machine learning principles
• Experience with data analysis using tools such as Excel or Python

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Data Analytics, NLP or similar (preferred)
• Knowledge of other languages. 

Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with headquarters in Moscow (ID) with offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India.  We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities. Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.#LI-ER1