Software Engineer Co-op

Babel Street is the trusted technology partner for the world’s most advanced identity intelligence and risk operations. We deliver advanced AI and data analytics solutions providing unmatched, analysis-ready data regardless of language, proactive risk identification, 360-degree insights, high-speed automation, and seamless integration into existing systems. Babel Street empowers government and commercial organizations to transform high-stakes identity and risk operations into a strategic advantage.  The actionable insights we deliver safeguard lives and protect critical assets around the world.  Babel Street is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with regional offices in Boston, MA and Cleveland, OH, and international offices in Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, and the U.K. For more information, visit www.babelstreet.com. 

Position Overview:   

As a Software Engineer Co-op you will improve and implement the design of components of Babel Street's Analytics platform. Join us and help us create the next wave of software for Natural Language Processing and text analytics. 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Design, build, and maintain key products of the Babel Analytics NLP platform 
• Integrate new technologies and NLP methodologies into our existing platform 
• Influence design, implementation, and architectural direction 
• Work with product management to identify needed software improvements 
• Research and prototype new technologies to improve our platform 
• Participate in agile sprint and release planning 

Qualifications:  

• Ability to program in Java and/or Python
• Knowledge of computational linguistics and/or NLP is a plus 
• Familiarity with Data Science is a plus 
• Familiarity with React or MongoDB is a plus 
• Ability to communicate in languages other than English is a plus 
• A passion to design, build and polish innovative applications 

Benefits at Babel Street (just to name a few...)

• Health Benefits: Babel Street covers 85-100% monthly premium costs for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurances – for you and your family!
• Retirement Plans: Babel Street offers both a Traditional and Roth 401(K) with a very competitive match.
• Unlimited Flexible Leave: We trust our employees to manage their own time and balance their personal and work lives.
• Holidays: Babel Street provides employees with 12 paid Federal Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement: We are committed to investing in our employees. One way we do that is with our Tuition Reimbursement Program for continuing education.                 

Babel Street is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further, Babel Street will not discriminate against applicants for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co‐worker, Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination. In addition, Babel Street's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request, we will provide you with more information about such accommodations.

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