Senior Researcher, AssemblyAI
Speech, Automatic Speech Recognition
$170-230k
Salary is for US candidates, may be a change in range for outside candidates Plus equity
Speec AI models to automatically recognize and understand speech
Job no longer available
Speec AI models to automatically recognize and understand speech
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$170-230k
Salary is for US candidates, may be a change in range for outside candidates Plus equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create new, superhuman Speech AI models that will unlock entirely new classes of applications and products to be built leveraging voice data.
Role
Who you are
- PhD in Computer Science or a related field; or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field plus equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in speech research based on deep learning or machine learning in either an academic or industry setting specific research topics include, but are not limited to:
- ASR (e.g., model architecture, ASR robustness, acoustic/language modeling)
- Speaker modeling (e.g., speaker verification, speaker identification, speaker diarization)
- Self-supervised learning for speech or speech-text
- Multilingual speech modeling (multilingual ASR, speech translation, language identification)
- Applications of ASR (e.g., spoken dialogue modeling, speech summarization)
- Paralinguistics (e.g., speech emotion recognition)
- A track record of widely recognized research publications at leading conferences; or a demonstrated ability to commercialize research results
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in technical matters
Desirable
- 2+ years experience in applied research in the speech or related industry
- Experience of mentoring junior researchers or PhD students in conducting research and getting it published
- 1+ year of experience writing models in Google JAX and training them on TPU hardware
What the job involves
- AssemblyAI is growing quickly, and we’re searching for a Senior Researcher, Speech specializing in Speech Technology to join our Speech team! With significant investment and strong leadership to fuel our growth, it’s the perfect time to join AssemblyAI
- Provide scientific leadership on ambitious research projects that have the potential for a high impact on AssemblyAI’s products and services, as well as on external research and technology communities
- Engage with research communities through activities such as publishing experimental results or participating in conferences
- Execute those research projects in a scientifically sound manner
- Stay up-to-date on the latest research in the speech domain and share this knowledge across the company
- Replicate and examine state-of-the-art speech models based on conference/journal publications
- Collaborate with the technology leadership team to prioritize the research agenda, define the scopes of research projects, and take charge of their execution
- Collaborate with the engineering team to deploy new models into production
Our take
Audio has become central to many products on the internet, from the explosive uptake of Zoom to the inclusion of audio and video messaging features on dating apps. In this vein, AssemblyAI has developed AI models for transcribing, understanding and analyzing audio and video data.
Between the summers of 2021 to 2022, AssemblyAI saw the number of developers building with its APIs grow by over 1000%, with customers ranging from start-ups like Veed to global enterprises including NBC Universal and Spotify. Coupling this with a strong in-house pedigree - from the likes of DeepMind, Google Brain and Meta AI - AssemblyAI has built the foundations for a very exciting future.
And with funding under its belt, the company is scaling up its efforts; accelerating its product roadmap whilst building an even better AI infrastructure to speed up AI research and inference engines.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2023
$50m
SERIES C
Jul 2022
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $113.2m
Company benefits
- Home office stipend: We invest in our people first and offer competitive salaries across all roles andEvery new team member gets U$1,000 to improve their home office. We want to make sure everyone has the setup to do their best work. locations
- Equity: We want our team members to have skin in the game and an opportunity to see long-term returns on the hard work they are putting in. To that end, every team member receives a generous equity grant
- Premium benefit offerings: We offer premium medical, dental, and vision plans and cover up to 100% of the premiums for both the employee and their family. We also offer opportunities to contribute to an HSA or FSA, short-term and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance
- Unlimited PTO: We offer a flexible PTO policy to all team members and encourage everyone to take time off to recharge, do something fun, and spend time with loved ones
- Team offsites: We have team and company-wide retreats in amazing locations to give everyone an opportunity to meet in person, collaborate, and build working relationships that make us a better team
- Global remote team: We hire the best person for the job, regardless of location. Our remote-first culture allows team members to make an impact from anywhere in the world
- Diversity and inclusion: We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace
- Flexible schedule: Strong teams are built on mutual trust and accountability. We believe in giving our team members ownership over their work and a flexible schedule to allow them to operate at their highest potential
Company HQ
Inner Sunset, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dylan Fox
(Founder & CEO)Previously founded and acted as CEO for YouGive1. Experience as Senior Software Engineer for Cisco and as a Lead Research Assistant for NDP Consulting.
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