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What Does an NLP Engineer Do?
Learn about what an NLP engineer does and how to start your career journey in this profession. NLP engineers design applications and algorithms that help computers better understand human language, both written and oral.
January 13, 2025
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![[Featured Image] An algorithm developer sits at a workspace, coding on a laptop.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/4py0EXmNEGlCyD3hpUOhKU/5d87cb1c8637aa8dae3bfd1c930d2ae6/GettyImages-1357677117.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] A person unlocks their smartphone using facial recognition, one of many examples of computer vision applications.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/3kI5ZO7aVJepDs3gxGRFVb/255769b642b0940ee5f8936260fabde0/GettyImages-699085155.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
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![[Featured Image] A data science professional sits at a desk with a computer and tablet, using the random forest algorithm to aggregate data.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/65zZLbAtImTDcMVeuB205I/e9f1bd9d9c2e7712332df494dc045f54/GettyImages-1727927633.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] An older person wearing glasses while sitting at a desk in front of an open laptop smiles as they use a natural language processing application example: a voice-activated assistant.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/Jy6UFyja7rOHZDhZG2zBZ/2262da2e9b5c1346c32e5b491bc1a4d0/GettyImages-1171931411.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
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