The Role
Train, tune, test, deploy, and optimize automatic speech recognition models across languages and platforms. Develop customized ASR solutions, benchmark model performance, troubleshoot customer issues, and integrate speech technologies into products. Lead technical initiatives, create tools and features, collaborate cross-functionally, and mentor junior engineers.
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Your Career, our Future—Together.
What You'll Bring
Ready to join something big? At SoundHound AI, we bring voice, generative, and conversational AI together to transform how people interact with products and services. From voice-enabled vehicles to food ordering and customer support, our multilingual, omnichannel technology already impacts hundreds of millions worldwide.
The OpportunitySoundHound AI believes every person should be able to interact naturally with the products around them–by simply talking. With a global reach spanning two dozen languages, we build Voice AI products with conversational intelligence for cars, restaurant ordering, and more, allowing our customers to extend their brand in new and meaningful ways.
We are looking for a senior software engineer to join our core speech technology team. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers and voice AI practitioners in the field to help enable various voice AI products for customers across different industries using SoundHound state-of-the-art ASR technologies. You will have opportunities to apply your knowledge and experience in both software engineering and machine learning to solve real-world voice AI problems and deliver values directly to SoundHound customers.
Please note: the initial stage of the interview process entails an online evaluation, followed by a recruiter screening.
What You'll Do- Train, tune and test state-of-the-art ASR models for different languages for all SoundHound voice AI products using machine learning and deep learning techniques
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of ASR technologies into SoundHound products
- Run benchmarks to monitor performance of ASR solutions and optimize ASR models for accuracy, efficiency and scalability across various platforms and applications
- Provide customized ASR solutions to meet any customer-specific or product-specific ASR challenges
- Triage and troubleshoot customer-related ASR issues and provide timely solutions
- Work independently and lead technical initiatives to plan, design and create new tools and features to enhance SoundHound ASR technologies
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members and contribute to knowledge sharing within the organization
- You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant disciplines with 8 years of full-time work experience, or a Master’s degree with 6 years of full-time work experience
- You have experience with automatic speech recognition, keyword detection or natural language understanding
- You have good understanding of deep learning and neural networks fundamentals, and are proficient in deep learning frameworks
- You are proficient in writing production-level Python code
- You have experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and other containerization technologies in cloud service environment
- You have experience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical initiatives
We’d be incredibly excited if you have experience with Kaldi, PyTorch and TensorFlow, have worked on projects enabling on-device models using TensorFlow Lite, have knowledge of the end-to-end ASR pipeline, have experience developing, tuning, deploying and maintaining ASR models, have knowledge of NLP techniques related to ASR, and have experience working with customers. Proficiency in writing production-level C++ code is also a plus!
Workplace & CompensationThis role is available in China. Our recruiting team will provide a total compensation range based on location and years of experience.
Let's Start the ConversationJoin SoundHound AI and collaborate with colleagues worldwide who are shaping the future of voice AI. Guided by our values—supportive, open, undaunted, nimble, and determined to win—we strive to build breakthrough AI experiences together.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline plus 8 years of full-time work experience
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline plus 6 years of full-time work experience
- Experience with automatic speech recognition, keyword detection, or natural language understanding
- Understanding of deep learning and neural network fundamentals
- Proficiency with deep learning frameworks
- Production-level Python programming proficiency
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization technologies in a cloud service environment
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical initiatives
- Experience with Kaldi, PyTorch, and TensorFlow
- Experience enabling on-device models with TensorFlow Lite
- Knowledge of the end-to-end ASR pipeline
- Experience developing, tuning, deploying, and maintaining ASR models
- Knowledge of NLP techniques related to ASR
- Experience working with customers
- Production-level C++ programming proficiency
SoundHound Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SoundHound and has not been reviewed or approved by SoundHound.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance for full-time employees. These core protections are consistently highlighted and are considered a strong part of the package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is widely available through RSUs/stock options and an employee stock purchase plan with a look-back feature. Ownership opportunities are positioned as a key component of total rewards.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Everyday perks such as catered lunches/snacks, team events, and wellness initiatives are part of the workplace experience. These lifestyle benefits add convenience and foster a sense of community in office settings.
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The Company
What We Do
At SoundHound Inc., we believe every brand should have a voice. As the leading innovator of conversational technologies, we’re trusted by top brands around the globe. Houndify, our independent Voice AI platform, with 70,000+ users, allows brands to create custom voice assistants that deliver results with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our mission is to enable humans to interact with the things around them in the same way we interact with each other: by speaking naturally. We’re making that a reality through our SoundHound music discovery app and Hound voice assistant and through our strategic partnerships with brands like Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Deutsche Telekom, and Pandora. Today, our customized voice AI solutions allow people to talk to phones, cars, smart speakers, mobile apps, coffee machines, and every other part of the emerging ‘voice-first’ world. Our diverse team of engineers, UX/UI designers, writers, data scientists and linguists are all passionate about creating a world with more conversations. With more than 14 years of expertise in voice technology, we have hundreds of millions of end users, and a worldwide team in six countries building solutions for a voice-first world.
