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Linguistics Data Analyst - Remote - US

We connect people with jobs by providing businesses, communities, and education institutions with the best labor market data possible.

Lightcast

Employee count: 501-1000

United States only
We’re looking for a driven, multilingual professional who thrives in fast-paced environments and is excited to contribute to a collaborative, multicultural team.
As a Data Analyst on our Linguistics team, you’ll leverage your language expertise to support the development and refinement of language data across our products. Your fluency will directly impact how specific languages are represented and maintained within Lightcast’s global platform. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in shaping linguistic features, driving quality standards, and enhancing product functionality.
This is a full-time contract role with the potential to transition into a W-2 employee position based on performance and business needs. It’s a unique opportunity to influence the evolution of language data on a global scale while contributing to cutting-edge technology.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Analyze and enhance the data quality of multilingual text classifiers
  • Collaborate with linguistics and engineering teams to develop and optimize language parsers
  • Translate and align taxonomies across multiple languages, including Skills, Titles, and Occupations
  • Create crosswalks from source language skills and job titles to Lightcast’s standardized taxonomies
  • Utilize SQL for efficient data handling, querying, and database management

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Data Analytics, NLP, or a related field (preferred)
  • Strong linguistics knowledge, including syntax and structural analysis of languages
  • Competency in three or more languages — strong preference given to candidates fluent in Danish, Croatian, and Czech
  • Knowledge of multinational labor markets (preferred)
  • Experience with data analysis using tools such as Excel or Python
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including vlookups, data cleanup, and functions
  • Knowledge of query languages such as SQL
  • Familiarity with text analysis or machine learning principles
  • Knowledge of RegEx
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.

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About Lightcast

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We connect people with jobs by providing businesses, communities, and education institutions with the best labor market data possible. Our data-driven insight enables better, faster decisions.

What we do

At Lightcast, our software products, APIs, and consulting solutions bring clarity to the fast-changing world of work.

Formerly Emsi Burning Glass, Lightcast has over two decades of experience in finding solutions and delivering the competitive edge our clients demand. With world-class customer service, we provide the answers and insight to meet your specific need—because every decision made without data is just a shot in the dark.

By helping communities, businesses, and education institutions succeed, our ultimate goal is connecting individuals with the right skills and right jobs in the right places. People are at the heart of everything we do, and we want to create a job market that works for everyone.

How we do it

Lightcast is a global pioneer in the collection and big-data analysis of information on the labor market. Our data provides the world’s most detailed information about occupations, skills in demand, and career pathways.

Our tools collect real-time data from over 65,000 sources every day, contributing to a database with over 1 billion job postings and billions of other data points. We combine that with curated input from dozens of other statistical sources, like government agencies, to provide the most complete view possible of the fast-changing labor market. We put that information to work for businesses, communities, and education providers by showing them the granular details and big-picture trends they need in their organizations.

Whether you’re interested in software salaries in Seattle, need new skills in New Zealand, or looking for anything in between, Lightcast data can provide the insight you need.

Where you can find us

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and Moscow, Idaho, we are active in more than 30 countries and have offices in the United Kingdom, Italy, New Zealand, Canada, and India. Lightcast is backed by global private equity leader KKR.

Lightcast Principles

Live the mission: We genuinely care about the work we do and never lose sight of the human behind the data.

Innovate, inside and out: We take personal responsibility for finding new and better ways to do all things—large and small, internally and externally.

Give customers the unexpected: We aim to exceed customer expectations and seek opportunities to excite and delight with every interaction.

Hide nothing, own everything: We strive to be transparent in our actions, own our mistakes, and remain humble in our approach.

Teamwork makes the data work: We work together, respect our differences, play to our strengths, and celebrate our successes. #crushedit

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Employee Ownership

Recognizing dedication, Lightcast grants employee ownership shares, aligning team success with company growth.

Retirement Savings Match

Employees at Lightcast can take advantage of a 401(k) plan with a company match to build their retirement savings.

Life & Disability Insurance

Lightcast offers life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage to protect employees and their families.

Commuter Benefits

Lightcast supports its employees' commute by providing parking, gas, and public transit benefits, easing the daily journey to work.

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Company size

501-1000 employees

Founded in

2000

Chief executive officer

Chris Kibarian

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