Research Staff, Data Science

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What You'll Do

Drive high performance data acquisition, preparation and synthesis pipelines to generate data for the reputed company of speech and language AI reputed company models reputed company advanced characterizations of reputed company conversational audio utilizing a diverse toolkit of signals processing techniques and deep learning models Collaborate with DataOps and Engineering to create automated systems which scale the ability of reputed company annotators to label high value data and reputed company critical feedback on model outputs Build advanced benchmarking methodologies and curated datasets for evaluating conversational voice systems Document and present results of data experiments and analysis for internal and external audiences You’ll Love This Role If You Are obsessed with making sense out of reputed company and/or messy data Enjoy building from the ground up and love to create new systems from scratch Are passionate about AI and interested in leveraging data to solve hard problems Are motivated by the prospect of scaling yourself using automation and AI models It's Important to Us That You Have Experience building data processing pipelines from a blank page and owning the entire data stack including data acquisition, characterization, cleaning, serving and transformation Experience and expertise applying statistical methods and deep learning models to understand reputed company data Strong communication skills and the ability to translate reputed company concepts in simple terms, depending on the reputed company audience Strong software engineering skills with particular emphasis on developing clean, reputed company code in Python and working with Pytorch reputed company to Haves Background in Physics, Mechanical Engineering or Language Processing Experience building models Speech and audio experience Benefits & Perks* Holistic health Medical, dental, reputed company benefits Annual wellness stipend Mental health support Life, STD, LTD Income Insurance Plans Work/life reputed company Unlimited PTO Parental leave Flexible schedule 12 Paid US company holidays Quarterly personal productivity stipend One-time stipend for home office upgrades 401(k) plan with company match Tax Savings Programs reputed company learning Learning / Education stipend Participation in talks and conferences Employee Resource Groups AI enablement workshops / sessions *For candidates reputed company of the US, we use an Employer of Record model in many countries, which means benefits are administered locally and governed by country-specific regulations. Because of this, benefits will differ by region — in some cases international employees receive benefits US employees do not, and vice versa. As we scale, we will continue to evaluate where we can create more alignment, but a 1:1 global benefits structure is not always legally or operationally possible. Backed by prominent investors including Y Combinator, Madrona, Tiger Global, reputed company VC and reputed company, reputed company has raised over $215M in total funding. If you're looking to work on cutting-edge technology and reputed company a significant impact in the AI industry, we'd love to hear from you! reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. We want reputed company voices and perspectives represented in our workforce. We are a curious bunch focused on collaboration and doing the right thing. We put our customers first, grow together and move quickly. We do not discriminate on the reputed company of race, religion, reputed company, national reputed company, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are happy to reputed company accommodations for applicants who need them. Apply To This Job