Somerville, Massachusetts, United States Hybrid Full-time USD 100,000 – 120,000 / year

Babel Street is hiring a NLP/Linguistics Software Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Develop and sustain clean, efficient code for analytics infrastructure and record linkage components.
  • Transform linguistic and data science concepts into functional software capabilities.
  • Improve and maintain internal search systems, including data modeling in Elasticsearch and performance optimization.
  • Engage in agile planning and work closely with senior team members to convert project goals into technical implementations.
  • Contribute to building resilient APIs and scalable system architectures for integration into an AI-first platform.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage with employer paying 85-100% of premiums for medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance for employees and their families.
  • Access to both Traditional and Roth 401(K) plans with a highly competitive employer match.
  • Unlimited flexible time-off policy supporting personal and professional balance.
  • Twelve paid federal holidays annually.
  • Financial support for continuing education through a tuition reimbursement program.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Other

  • Focus on record matching systems where data origin, transparency, and reliability are essential.
  • Multilingual expertise can directly enhance natural language processing and computational linguistics modules.
  • Requires close coordination with senior engineers and involvement in agile sprint cycles.
  • Expected to produce secure, dependable, and production-grade software outputs.
  • Emphasis on creating justifiable, traceable, and adjustable matching logic for high-consequence applications.
About company
Babel Street

Babel Street is the global leader in mission-grade risk intelligence. We help governments, businesses, and organizations anticipate threats, protect people, and safeguard operations with AI-powered clarity. Every feature we build, every decision we make, is anchored in the mission of those who protect people.

What sets us apart is scale, precision, and responsibility. Scale — Our platform ingests billions of records across languages, domains, and regions, delivering always-on global coverage. Precision — AI that is tailored to fit your mission transforms complexity into clear, explainable intelligence—from entity resolution and risk scoring to event detection and network mapping. Responsibility — We build ethical, compliant, and transparent AI that augments human decision-making, ensuring safety and accountability at every step.

Founded in 2009, Babel Street has grown into a trusted partner to defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and regulated industries worldwide. From identity and vendor vetting to situational awareness and threat intelligence, our solutions deliver decision advantage when speed and precision matter most.

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Posted 17 days ago