Research Scientist

The role

You will build speech and audio models, production inference systems, and resilient pipelines. You will research, design, and implement solutions using signal processing, algorithms, and ML models.

What you will do

• Research, design, and implement solutions using signal processing, algorithms and cutting edge ML models with application to speech and audio.
• Develop production-grade inference algorithms, pipelines, and APIs with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with the Operations team to gather training and evaluation datasets.
• Architect systems that enable resilient, durable inference and evaluations.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of professional audio ML experience, including DSP and ML audio algorithm development.
• End-to-end ownership of ML pipelines, from proof-of-concept to production deployment.
• Strong coding skills in Python and proficiency with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Ability to translate research papers and ideas into high-quality, production-ready code.
• Experience deploying ML systems for production inference with cloud technologies.
• Track record of setting ML roadmaps, influencing technical direction, and prioritizing research and infrastructure investments.
• Ability to assess model quality in the context of user experience and business value.

Nice to have

• PhD or Masters in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience training large neural network models in academic or industry settings.
• Expertise in audio signal processing both classical and machine learning techniques.
• Experience in publishing in top conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO.
• Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% coverage for most plans.
• FSA & HSA access.
• 401k access.
• Meals 2x daily through DoorDash + snacks and beverages available at the office.
• Unlimited company-sponsored Barry’s classes.

Before you apply

• We sponsor international candidates across a range of visa types, including H-1B transfers, H-1B1, O-1, E-3, and TN, and we support STEM OPT.

About the company

David AI is the first audio data research company. It was founded in 2024 by a team of former Scale AI engineers and operators.