Careers
Janya, a leader in natural language processing applications, offers products and solutions based on its text analytics technology for the DoD, intelligence, and law enforcement communities and other government markets. We are located in suburban Buffalo, New York State, USA, in the technology corridor adjoining the State University of New York at Buffalo's North campus.
Positions are either in Amherst, NY or Washington, DC. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. Janya offers a generous benefits package that includes health insurance, 401 (k) plan and vacation time. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US; US citizens preferred.
Please e-mail a MS Word or PDF version of your resume, listing job title, salary requirements and references to: careers@janyainc.com. Please include the position title in the subject field of your email.
Arabic Computational Linguist
We are seeking a computational linguist to (i) participate in R&D efforts involving natural language processing, and (ii) enhance the Semantex platform by adding multilingual processing capabilities. Requirements: (i) PhD preferred in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or Computer Science; (ii) work experience in production-quality NLP systems. Expertise in Arabic NLP, including familiarity with various dialects of Arabic is required; experience with Farsi and Urdu is highly desirable.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in R&D efforts involving natural language processing, and
- Enhance the Semantex platform by adding multilingual processing capabilities.
Requirements:
- PhD or Masters degree in Computer Science or Linguistics
- Expertise in Arabic NLP
- 3-5 years hands-on experience in development of large-scale text processing systems
- Linux and Windows development experience
This position is in Buffalo, NY. Candidates must be eligible to work in US, although a U.S. citizen is preferred. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. Janya offers a generous benefits package that includes health insurance, 401 (k) plan and vacation time.
For immediate consideration, please send a MS Word or PDF version of your resume to careers@janyainc.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include Computational Linguist. EEO.
Computational Linguist
We are seeking a computational linguist to (i) participate in government sponsored R&D efforts, and (ii) enhance the Semantex platform by adding new language processing capabilities. Requirements: (i) PhD preferred in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or Computer Science; (ii) work experience in production-quality NLP systems. Expertise in discourse-level processing and/or semantics is required. Expertise in corpus-based or empirical approaches to language is highly desirable.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in R&D efforts involving natural language processing, and
- Enhance the Semantex platform by adding multilingual processing capabilities.
Requirements:
- PhD or Masters degree in Computer Science or Linguistics
- 3-5 years hands-on experience in development of large-scale text processing systems
- Expertise in programming required
- Linux and Windows development experience
This position, which is open to US citizens only, is based in Buffalo, NY. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. Janya offers a generous benefits package that includes health insurance, 401 (k) plan and vacation time.
For immediate consideration, please send a MS Word or PDF version of your resume to careers@janyainc.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include Computational Linguist
Software Group Manager
Within the scope, goals and constraints of customer projects, the Software Group Manager is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the technical work of software engineers on the Engineering Team. The Software Group Manager is also responsible for managing and directing projects to deliver products and services, to ensure that customer needs and expectations are met, and to ensure that company policies, procedures, guidelines, and practices are followed. This position reports directly to the VP of Engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Leads projects including but not limited to identifying requirements, designing solutions, and implementing or overseeing the delivery of projects to meet customer needs and objectives.
- May be assigned to manage multiple projects during a given time period.
- Reviews the work of software engineers to ensure that analysis, designs and implementations meet customer needs and follow company standards and practices in the assigned technology discipline.
- Performs all steps in the software engineering project life-cycle (specification, design, implementation, testing and debugging, staging, installation, and maintenance), for large and complex projects to design and implement computer software solutions that meet customer specifications.
- Maintains professional skills at a level consistent with other similar professionals in the field, and keeps up with changing technologies and trends in the areas of work process analysis, software application and system design, programming languages and techniques, software quality assurance, and project management.
- Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.
Inside Relationships:
- Works independently or as the lead of a technology team to complete software engineering tasks related to the assigned technology discipline for diverse types and sizes of projects.
- Responsible to document work, and report or coordinate efforts with management, and other team members.
- Works closely with the VP, Engineering, and other group managers to ensure objectives are being met.
Customer and Financial Responsibilities:
- Meets with customers, vendors, and subcontractors to exchange and coordinate information.
- Responsible to ensure that the work of all project team members are completed within the constraints of time and cost on assigned projects.
Requirements:
- BS or MS in Computer Science.
- Requires four or more years of experience managing mid-sized software development projects.
- 3 - 5 years hands-on experience in large scale C++ software.
- Experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) software a plus.
- US Citizenship required.
