Senior Machine Learning Engineer, ASR

Ready to be a part of something big? Join our team at SoundHound AI, where AI innovation and real-world impact come together. We unite voice AI, generative AI, and conversational AI to deliver powerful AI solutions that reimagine how people interact with the products and services they rely on. Whether it’s voice-enabling vehicles, streamlining patient journeys, or enhancing customer service, our multilingual, omnichannel AI technology touches the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world.

Please note: the initial stage of the interview process entails an online evaluation, followed by a recruiter screening.

In this role, you will:

• Train, tune and test state-of-the-art ASR models for different languages for all SoundHound voice AI products using machine learning and deep learning techniques
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of ASR technologies into SoundHound products
• Run benchmarks to monitor performance of ASR solutions and optimize ASR models for accuracy, efficiency and scalability across various platforms and applications
• Provide customized ASR solutions to meet any customer-specific or product-specific ASR challenges 
• Triage and troubleshoot customer-related ASR issues and provide timely solutions 
• Work independently and lead technical initiatives to plan, design and create new tools and features to enhance SoundHound ASR technologies
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members and contribute to knowledge sharing within the organization

We would love to hear from you if:

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant disciplines with 8 years of full-time work experience, or a Master’s degree with 6 years of full-time work experience
• You have experience in automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, or other spoken language processing field. Especially, if you’ve worked with both end-to-end and hybrid ASR models
• You have strong understanding of machine learning, deep learning and neural network fundamentals
• Proficient in machine learning and deep learning frameworks (Pytorch in particular, but experience with other frameworks is also welcome)
• You have experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and other containerization technologies in cloud service environment
• You are proficient in writing Python code that is documented, well tested, packaged, and follows industry best practices. Experience with C++ is also appreciated
• You have experience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical initiatives

We’d be especially excited if your MSc/PhD thesis focuses on ASR, you have published work in relevant conferences (such as Interspeech, ICASSP, NeurIPS, etc.), or you have experience with on-device ASR (e.g., using TorchScript). Additionally, if you have experience with PyTorch, have worked on projects enabling on-device model deployment, possess a strong understanding of the end-to-end ASR pipeline, and have experience developing, tuning, deploying, and maintaining ASR models.

FOR GERMANY: Employees within a 100-kilometer radius of our Berlin office are expected to work from the office on three pre-scheduled “core days” each month to encourage cross-team connection and in-person collaboration. Aside from these office-specific “core days”, this role allows for virtual/remote, hybrid, and in-office workplace setting options. The estimated salary for this position is €90,000 - €110,000 plus equity. Our recruiting team will provide a specific salary range based on location and years of experience.

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By working at SoundHound AI, you will join hundreds of employees across the globe who strive every day to create exceptional AI-powered experiences for customers, employees, and patients. We are a values-driven company that is supportive of one another, open and honest, undaunted by challenges, nimble and focused, and determined to excel and win.

Our mission is to build voice AI for the world and use our global, diverse perspectives to achieve real generational breakthroughs. SoundHound ensures that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other employment benefits.

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