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Senior Applied AI Scientist

Speechify

Speechify

Software Engineering, Data Science
Remote
Posted on Oct 26, 2022

Mission

Speechify is the easiest way to listen to the world’s information. Articles on the web, documents in the cloud, books on your phone. We absorb it all and let you listen to it at your desk, on the go, at your own speed, and with tools that make learning easier, deeper, and faster.

What streaming services have done for audio entertainment, we’re doing for audio information. And whatever we’re doing seems to be working. We’re #1 in our category, and experiencing exponential growth.

Overview

In Speechify’s AI team, we’re looking to build a team with great talent and character that you’re excited to work with everyday. We have ambitious goals to create the greatest Text-To-Speech (TTS) AI and create Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods that can understand writings as well as, and better than humans. With goals this grand, our team welcomes your creativity and ingenuity to work with us on this ambitious mission.
What You’ll Do
  • Utilizing your team to develop the highest quality ideas and projects
  • Mentoring engineers
  • Researching and implementing State-of-the-Art in NLP and TTS or CV with a focus on image generation
  • Managing Research and development projects
  • Staying up to date on State-of-the-Art technology to sharpen your skills and coach the team
An Ideal Candidate Should Have
  • Experience with research and development in NLP or TTS or CV with a focus on image generation.
  • Experience in ML
  • Preferred:
    • Experience deploying NLP or TTS models to production at a large scale (10 million users)
    • Experience managing engineers and growing a research & development team
    • Experience programming in Python: Tensorflow and PyTorch frameworks specifically.

What We Offer

  • A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
  • An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
  • A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
  • The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
  • A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

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Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.