LILT
Technology
AIResearcher/MLEngineer(ASR&SpeechSpecialist)
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“AI Researcher / ML Engineer (ASR & Speech Specialist) at LILT. Skills: ASR models, Speech processing, Deep learning, Machine translation. Architect ASR models. Train ASR models”
Industry & Context.
Algorithm optimization; Resolving unsupported operations; Dynamic-shape issues; Decoder-loop issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master's or Ph.D. degree, 3–5 years ASR development experience, Advanced PyTorch proficiency, Python software engineering principles, Large-scale audio datasets experience, Audio augmentation techniques experience, Text normalization pipelines experience, Inverse text normalization pipelines experience
Nice to Have
Experience optimizing models for constrained environments, Quantization experience, Distillation experience, ONNX Runtime experience, Ten experience
What You'll Do.
Design vocabulary insertion algorithms
Deploy vocabulary insertion algorithms
Implement automated evaluations
Benchmark model performance
Track Word Error Rate
Track Character Error Rate
Track embedding-based metrics
Track latency budgets
Track computing efficiency profiles
Develop multilingual benchmarks
Build real-time pipelines
Optimize real-time pipelines
Build batch pipelines
Optimize batch pipelines
Develop speech pipeline components
Refine speech pipeline components
Translate product requirements
Ship speech-to-text features
Ship simultaneous translation features
Ship semantic speech analytics features
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Engineering teams; Product teams; AI Research teams
Process & Methodology
AI roadmaps
Full Job Description
ABOUT LILT AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation. We're on a mission to make the world's information accessible to everyone, regardless of the language they speak. We use cutting-edge AI, machine translation, and human-in-the-loop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more cost-effectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality. At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues—Work together, win together; Find a way or make one; Quicker than they expect; Quality is Job 1—guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation https://www.linkedin.com/company/intel-corporation/, Canva https://www.linkedin.com/company/canva/, the United States Department of Defense https://www.linkedin.com/company/deptofdefense/, the United States Air Force https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-states-air-force/, ASICS https://www.linkedin.com/company/asics/, and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a category-defining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI. ROLE SUMMARY We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Senior AI Researcher / Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) to anchor our core speech intelligence and benchmarking initiatives. In this role, you will serve as our principal subject matter expert in AI speech data processing, responsible for architecting, training, and scaling high-performance, multilingual ASR models, as well as developing rigorous quality benchmarks for agentic conversational AI. A critical component of this position involves developing robust domain-adaptation frameworks that allow our models to dynamically incorporate proprietary customer terminology, specialized industry jargon, and multilingual nuances. You will collaborate with the Engineering, Prod
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