Research Engineer, Voice

Inflection

Palo Alto, California, United States
Base: $225,000 to $325,000; equity: meaningful equ...
On-site
Pytorch proficiency
Large-scale neural model training
Audio and speech fundamentals
Inflection AI is seeking a Research Engineer to advance the spoken intelligence behind their emotionally intelligent AI agent, Pi

Job Summary

  • Inflection AI is seeking a Research Engineer to advance the spoken intelligence behind their emotionally intelligent AI agent, Pi.
  • The role involves developing and shipping neural models across speech synthesis, recognition, and real-time dialogue with a focus on latency and naturalness.
  • Candidates will benefit from unlimited paid time off, diverse medical options, and a meaningful equity component alongside a base salary ranging from $225,000 to $325,000.

Matching Summary

Inflection AI is seeking a Research Engineer to advance the spoken intelligence behind their emotionally intelligent AI agent, Pi.

Salary

Base: $225,000 to $325,000; Equity: Meaningful equity component included; Benefits: Diverse medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, unlimited PTO

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • PyTorch proficiency
  • Large-scale neural model training
  • Audio and speech fundamentals
  • Production-grade pipeline development
  • Diffusion-based synthesis knowledge

Nice-to-have

  • CUDA-aware training loops
  • Multimodal foundation models
  • Perceptual metrics evaluation
  • Research publication experience
  • Cross-functional collaboration skills

Key Requirements

  • 2-5 years of research or engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree in CS, EE, Linguistics or related field
  • MS or PhD strongly preferred

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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