Senior Applied Scientist CoreAI Voice Agent

The CoreAI Voice Agent team brings together talents in the areas of signal processing speech modeling statistical modeling and deep learning to develop and deliver robust natural and scalable speech technologies across a rich set of scenarios and languages. We welcome a Senior Applied Scientist to join our cutting-edge voice agent team. Youll work at the intersection of deep learning signal processing and speech/audio modeling to push the boundaries of natural expressive and multilingual speech generation. Your innovations will power next-generation products in conversational AI and accessibilityimpacting and enriching the lives of millions of users worldwide.

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• Design and develop novel speech algorithms to advance state-of-the-art technologies with a focus on real-world applications in speech generation
• Tackle scalability challenges by aligning solutions with evolving stakeholder requirements
• Leverage large-scale computing frameworks data analysis platforms and modeling environments to enhance model performance and efficiency
• Deploy models into production environments and iterate based on empirical results and user impact
• Conduct rigorous experimentation by evaluating multiple models in live scenarios to assess comparative performance
• Continuously monitor deployed algorithms to ensure they meet expected behavior accuracy thresholds and performance guardrails

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Statistics Econometrics Computer Science Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field AND 4 years related experience (e.g. statistics predictive analytics research)
  • OR Masters Degree in Statistics Econometrics Computer Science Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field AND 3 years related experience (e.g. statistics predictive analytics research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics Econometrics Computer Science Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field AND 1 year(s) related experience (e.g. statistics predictive analytics research)
  • OR equivalent experience

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.
• Masters Degree in Statistics Econometrics Computer Science Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field AND 6 years related experience (e.g. statistics predictive analytics research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics Econometrics Computer Science Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field AND 3 years related experience (e.g. statistics predictive analytics research)
  • OR equivalent experience

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Applied Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119800 - $234700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160200 - $261000 per year.

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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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