Researcher II

About AssemblyAI

At AssemblyAI, we’re building at the forefront of Speech AI, creating powerful models for speech-to-text and speech understanding available through a straightforward API. With more than 200,000 developers building on our API and over 5,000 paying customers, AssemblyAI is helping unlock and support the next generation of powerful, meaningful products built with AI. 

Progress in AI is moving at an unprecedented pace– and our team is made up of experts in AI research that are focused on making sure that our customers are able to stay on the cutting edge, with production-ready AI models that are constantly updating and improving as our team continues to improve accuracy, latency, and what’s possible with Speech AI. Our models consistently rank highest in industry benchmarks for accuracy, outperforming models from Google and Amazon, and up to 30% fewer hallucinations than OpenAI’s Whisper. Our models power more than 2 billion end-user experiences each day, helping companies better understand customer feedback, run more productive meetings with automated meeting notes, and helping improve childhood literacy via ed tech tools. 

We’ve raised funding by leading investors including Accel, Insight Partners, Y Combinator’s AI Fund, Patrick and John Collision, Nat Friedman, and Daniel Gross. We’re a remote team looking to build one of the next great AI companies, and are looking for driven, talented people to help us get there!

Job Description:

Conduct research into fundamental computer and information science to develop innovative solutions for challenges in computer software. Write training code for large-scale models and conduct experiments to develop state-of-the-art systems for Speech AI tasks, such as Asynchronous and Streaming Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Develop both training and inference software to facilitate the productionization of AI systems and write analytical software to extract insights from these models. Collaborate closely with the engineering team to deploy new models into production, ensuring their continuous improvement. Partner with the data infrastructure team to enhance data quality and optimize the data processing pipeline. Staying at the forefront of AI research, share key insights across the company and engage with the broader AI community through publishing and participating in conferences.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in computer science, information technology, business and information systems or related. The employer will accept educational equivalency evaluation prepared by a qualified evaluation service or in accordance with 8 CFR §214.2(h)(4)(iii)(D), based on a combination of degrees or diplomas or a bachelor’s equivalent obtained through a single two-degree program. 
• Experience: 2 years experience as researcher, developer or related.
• Special Skills: The position requires 1 year of experience with each of the following: Python; PyTorch framework; TPUs (Tensor Processing Unit) and GPUs (Graphic Processing Unit); JAX framework; CNNs (Convolutional Neural Network); Transformers; SSL (Self Supervised Learning); and S2S (Sequence-to-Sequence) neural networks.

Salary Range: $189,000.00 to $231,000.00 per annum

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Work Location: 72 Greene Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10012. The position offers the benefit of working remotely from home anywhere in the US. Occasional travel up to two times per year for team offsites which are usually either in the US or Europe.

Apply:  Email Resume to people@assemblyai.com 

This opening is eligible for referral bonus under the company's employee referral program. 

Working at AssemblyAI

We are a small but mighty group of startup veterans and experienced AI researchers with over 20 years of expertise in Machine Learning, Speech Recognition, and NLP. As a fully remote team, we’re looking for people to join our team who are ambitious, curious, and lead with integrity. We’re still in the early days of AI and of AssemblyAI’s journey, and are looking for teammates who won’t just fit in, but will help us define and build our company culture. 

We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. No matter your race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply!

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