David AI
Research Scientist
$210K–$360K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted May 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional audio ML experience.
About the job
Researches and builds speech and audio machine-learning models, production inference systems, and resilient pipelines for customer insights and model evaluation.
What you'll do
- Research, design, and implement speech and audio solutions using signal processing, algorithms, and machine-learning models.
- Develop production inference algorithms, pipelines, and APIs with cross-functional teams.
- Gather training and evaluation datasets with Operations and architect resilient inference and evaluation systems.
What they ask for
- 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 through production deployment.
- Strong Python skills and proficiency with deep-learning frameworks such as PyTorch; experience deploying production inference systems using cloud technologies.
- Ability to turn research into production-ready code, set ML roadmaps and technical direction, and assess model quality against user experience and business value.
Nice to have
- PhD or Masters in Computer Science or a related field; experience training large neural network models.
- Expertise in classical and machine-learning audio signal processing; publications at top conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc.
Pay
$210K – $360K USD base salary
Tools
Python, PyTorch, DSP, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR
AI focus
Develops speech and audio ML models, production inference systems, and evaluation pipelines.
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