Staff Speech Scientist
About The Position
Want to build speech AI that actually sounds human? You'll be joining a well-funded speech AI startup with strong customer traction. They're building ultra-realistic voice technology that handles natural laughter, breathing, seamless language switching, and accurate pronunciation across languages and accents. As a Staff Research Engineer, you'll work hands-on to expand their foundation models and push the boundaries of what's possible in speech AI: exploring multilingual capabilities, long-context generation, full-duplex modeling for natural conversations with interruptions, and novel architectures that balance speed with control.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in speech synthesis, audio generation, or generative modeling
- Experience with audio generation using LLMs
- Solid background in modern language model architectures
- Proven ability to ship research into production systems
- Experience training large-scale models
Nice To Haves
- Published research in speech or generative modeling
- Experience with real-time speech systems or multimodal models
- Ideally in SF, but can also consider remote worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research to advance their core speech models and extend product capabilities
- Develop and experiment with new model architectures and training approaches
- Work on large-scale model training and data systems
- Collaborate with the team to take research from concept to deployed systems
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
