KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design, development, and implementation of computer software:

• Design of databases, services, and user interface of applications; part of the packaging and release team of systems, design of the graphics andstyling structure, documentation of help guides, training procedures, testing procedures and readme files of systems; optimization of systems;ensure best possible solutions for unforeseen issues relating to the system/software; technical assistance.

Maintenance of existing software:

• Integration of data into existing systems; active forum member for requests and bug-fixing; technical assistance; evaluation of system/software andbug-fixing; updating of relevant documentation.

Resource and product development:

• General development of systems, applications, core technologies and text resources, including research

Minimum requirements

• A tertiary qualification in Language Technology or Computational Linguistics or Computer Engineering or Computer Systems Development or another relevant field (NQF 6).
• A minimum of 2 years’ programming experience in at least one of the following languages: PERL, Python, R, C, C , C#, Java.

ADDED ADVANTAGES:

• A minimum of 1 year experience in text processing, the creation of corpora and lexical database development.
• A minimum of 1 year experience in web development.