Plaud

Audio Algorithm Engineer – Speaker Diarization

Plaud

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year

About the role

  • Research optimization solutions for terminology thesaurus from papers and design reasonable terminology filtering and hotword optimization solutions.
  • Implement multi-language hotword algorithms based on SpeechLLM and optimize their effects; collaborate with the engineering team to deploy the hotword recognition solution.
  • Combine scenario data to fine-tune the speech recognition model and improve ASR recognition effects across multiple languages and industries.
  • Build a test set and system for keyword recognition and industry recognition engines, and evaluate the terminology recognition and industry engine effects of open-source models and commercial interfaces.

Requirements

  • 3 to 5 years of speech algorithm training experience, with experience in fine-tuning and training SpeechLLM.
  • Experience processing hundreds of thousands of hours of speech data and training speech recognition models.
  • Familiar with SpeechLLM, speech SSL training, with from-scratch training experience for models similar to StepAudio, Qwen3omni, etc. Individual contributors responsible for model training within teams like the StepAudio speech group are preferred.
  • Papers in top speech conferences like Interspeech, ICASSP, or patents related to speech.
Benefits
  • Top-tier healthcare for employees and dependents, including dental and vision, and a generous employer subsidy.
  • 401(k) plan for full time employees with company matching.
  • Unlimited PTO, plus 13 paid holidays.
  • 12 weeks of paid time off to spend time with your new family, regardless of gender.
  • Minimum of 3x in office per week.
  • New hires are equipped with their choice of new top-of-the-line laptops and workstation setups.
  • Best office equipment. Annual offsites. Free office drinks and snacks.
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