Speech and Acoustics Team Lead

Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, IL

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Verbit

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Description

We are currently looking for a Speech and Acoustics Team Lead to join our Tel-Aviv office.Ā 

In this role, you will apply deep learning and advanced NLP techniques to develop AI-based products and features such advanced speech to text technique, acoustic and speaker identification, topic extraction,Ā sentiment analysis, audio description and more.Ā Ā Ā 

Responsibilities:Ā Ā 

  • Lead a team of researchers, facilitate and support team member’s technical and career growth objectives through training, leadership opportunities, challenging work assignments, and focused mentorshipĀ 
  • Define research problems based on product needsĀ 
  • Project manage the teams; delivery to a successful release by tracking work,Ā dependencies, and risks and taking corrective actions as necessaryĀ 
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Architects and external partners to build products our customers would love to use on a daily basisĀ 
  • Explore existing approaches to research problems as well as develop new onesĀ 
  • Conduct end-to-end data-driven research and development supporting Verbit’s natural language analytics offering for different verticalsĀ 

The Ideal Candidate:Ā 

  • M.Sc./Ph.D. in Machine Learning and Speech or any equivalent applied research experienceĀ 
  • Good understanding of DNNs and experience with PyTorch/TF/other platformsĀ 
  • 5+ years experience in applied research up to production code levelĀ Ā 
  • 2+ years of experience as a team leader in a fast-paced work environmentĀ 
  • Hands-on experience with ASR tools such as transformers, BERT, GPT, etc’ – a great advantageĀ 
  • Great interpersonal skills and a team player!Ā 
  • Fluent in written and spoken EnglishĀ 

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What Makes Verbit Unique?Ā Ā Ā 

Verbit’s team is committed to putting our customers words to work! Join a team of 400 incredible individuals who share a vision of making all video and audio content accessible to people with disabilities and more actionable and engaging for everyone. Verbit’s in-house, AI-based solutions take live and recorded audio and video to the next level. We do more than just provide the best captioning, transcription, translation and audio description - we offer helpful insights through Generative AI and other features on top of these tools. With Verbit, our 3,000 customers globally can make the most out of their content, events and conversations. Leading universities, corporations, legal agencies and media entities benefit from Verbit’s customized offerings and verbal intelligence platform which is built for the needs of speech-intensive industries.Ā 


Do You Have Verbiez DNA?Ā 

Verbiez have the initiative to bring goals and dreams to fruition with a can-do attitude and the motivation of true go-getters.Ā Ā 

We’re a group of:Ā 

  • Tech-savvy individuals who are always open to more growth and learning opportunitiesĀ 
  • Adaptable and flexible people who thrive in a fast-paced, startup environmentĀ 
  • Creative minds who rethink and question how to outperform past resultsĀ 
  • Effective communicators who can promote and represent Verbit’s tech and brandĀ 

Requirements

None

* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index šŸ’°

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Category: Leadership Jobs

Tags: ASR BERT Deep Learning Engineering Generative AI GPT Machine Learning NLP PyTorch Research Transformers

Perks/benefits: Career development Team events

Region: Middle East
Country: Israel

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