FamilySearch Technical Records Linguist II; Part-Time, Remote or Hybrid, SLC, UT

Family Search Technical Historical Records Linguist II (Part‑Time, Remote or Hybrid, SLC, UT)

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

We are looking for an experienced detail‑oriented individual with native‑level language expertise in Armenian, Japanese, and/or Romanian and deep knowledge of historical genealogical documents to build high‑quality training data for machine learning systems. This person’s work will help make historical records available in Family Search’s automation and machine learning platform.

This position can be done 100% remotely within the United States. If residing along the Wasatch Front, the expectation is to work at least one assigned day in office.

As a Machine Learning Technical Historical Records Linguist II in the Records Product Group at Family Search, you will exercise your expertise in paleography, linguistics, technology, and historical records to build machine learning datasets from historical genealogical documents in many languages.

• Accurately decipher historical documents
• Annotate language data with linguistic information to build natural language processing (NLP) datasets
• Model the way people naturally read historical documents by creating hierarchies of relationships between areas of text
• Precisely map the layout of historical documents
• Cure large amounts of data
• Review datasets for errors and provide corrections in a timely manner
• Other data modeling activities and duties as assigned

You will enable Family Search’s automation efforts by meeting aggressive deadlines and accomplishing work assignments with consistently high output, quality, and accuracy.

• BA/BS in Linguistics, Family History, or other bachelor’s degree with related or equivalent experience required.

• 2–3 years relevant or related experience or equivalent experience.

• Native level fluency in at least one of the following:
  Armenian, Japanese, Romanian
• Experience with additional languages a plus
• Business level fluency in English
• Demonstrated paleography skills to accurately decipher historical documents
• Demonstrated linguistic skills to build NLP datasets
• Experience working with historical documents
• Strong technical and analytical aptitude with a passion for data, efficiency, and accuracy
• Independent worker who is self‑motivated, dependable, detail oriented, responsible, self‑disciplined, and a team player with a record of timely delivery of requests
• Willingness to support several projects at one time, and to accept reprioritization as necessary in a fast paced, constantly evolving environment
• Comfortable handling a high volume of work on a daily basis
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings—giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world.

They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.

• Job Identification: 372310
• Job Category: IT - Information Technology
• Posting Date: 12/16/2025, 12:01 AM
• Location:
  
  125 N State St, Salt Lake City, UT, 84103, US (Remote)
• Apply Before: 12/30/2025, 12:00 AM
• Job Schedule:
  
  Part time
• Regular or Temporary:
  Regular
• Worker Type:
  Employee
• Number of Openings: 1
• Qualification:
  
  Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints and currently temple worthy.
• Salary Range: $64,000.00 – $70,000.00

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