Job Description
About our Research team
As an audio data research company, we believe model capabilities come from high quality, differentiated data. David AIs research team performs ambitious, long-term research into audio capabilities, while working with internal and external stakeholders to productionalize the latest research insights.
About this role
As a Founding Audio AI Research Engineer , you'll define the research agenda that shapes how the world's best AI labs train their audio models. Youll have a world-class workforce of human AI trainers, compute resources, and independence to drive your roadmap.
In this role, you will
- Define and build comprehensive evaluation frameworks for audio AI capabilities across speech, emotion, conversation dynamics, and acoustic patterns.
- Research and prototype novel approaches to audio quality assessment, automated labeling, and data collection optimization.
- Design targeted data collection pipelines for novel, high-value audio capabilities
- Architect automated systems for continuous classifier improvement and prompt engineering evaluation.
- Evaluate frontier models and create actionable research directions.
- Publish findings and papers in top conferences.
Your background looks like
- 3+ years of experience in AI/ML research or engineering, preferably with multimodal models
- Proven ability to translate research insights into production systems and scalable solutions.
- Experience with Python and PyTorchExperience designing and conducting rigorous ML experiments and evaluations.
Bonus points if you have
- PhD or Masters in Computer Science or a related field with a focus on ML or audio/speech.
- Published research work in top-tier CS, AI and/or audio-related conferences.
- Strong record of publication in evaluations or data, particularly for audio/speech.
- Experience in large scale data processing or high performance computing.
Compensation and benefits
- Rapid career growth at one of the fastest growing Series A companies, within a new and booming industry.
- Competitive salary and equity package.
- Flexible PTO policy.
- Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% company reimbursement for most plans.
- Paid lunch and dinner in the office, every day through DoorDash.
- 401k access.
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Job Tags
Full time, Work at office, Flexible hours,