Speechmatics is a world-leading expert in speech technology. Our mission has always been to “Understand Every Voice,” meaning that we aim to make voice technology inclusive and accessible to everyone in the world, regardless of demographic, age, gender, accent, dialect, or location. This is an ambitious goal, and to achieve it, we’re continuously innovating and experimenting, all while collaborating with our diverse range of customers.
In this role, you’ll explore innovative ways to run Speechmatics' best-in-class speech recognition technology on diverse, customer-specific hardware. You’ll own the end-to-end process of building unique solutions for customers, and you’ll convert, profile, debug, and optimise our tech to run on a variety of devices at the forefront of the ML industry.
This role sits on a team which is central to Speechmatics’ products, owning and architecting the systems that connect our AI transcription models together in an efficient, resilient way. No prior knowledge of audio or speech is necessary for this role – if you’re passionate about collaborating with others to build great tech, we’d like to hear from you!
What you’ll be doing:
- Be an integral part of the team! We’re a tight-knit group, and the tech we own is interconnected with many other teams, so you'll have a huge opportunity to positively influence engineering practices and our overall product. You’ll work closely alongside machine learning engineers, engine developers, architects, and sales engineers to solve new and evolving problems.
- Own the end-to-end process of building solutions for our customers; you’ll talk directly with our partners to understand their requirements and technology, and use your ingenuity to integrate our speech recognition into devices of all shapes, sizes, and applications.
- Own initiatives to continuously improve the system architecture, performance, stability, and feature set of our product. You’ll profile and debug models and the C++ engine around them, consider technical tradeoffs, and ensure our tech runs efficiently on a variety of customer devices.
- Work with a variety of tools and technologies, and collaborate with a team of talented engineers, to solve complex problems. There are endless learning opportunities, we have regular syncs to share ideas, and you’ll have the freedom to work with a wide range of tech.
- Shape our team and engineering culture: join in knowledge sharing across engineering teams, improve technical documentation, mentor other engineers, encourage best engineering practices, and help make Speechmatics a fantastic place to work. You’ll have the support to grow towards management and leadership roles, if you’d enjoy this path.
Why you’re made for this role:
- You feel comfortable developing software in production in C++ and Python, and you’re keen to learn (or already have experience with) some of the technologies we use: Pytorch, Docker, Gitlab, the modern machine learning stack (CUDA, ONNX, Triton), developing in a Linux environment, and working with customer-specific hardware.
- You love to learn through experimentation, and you find it energizing to wrangle problems through perseverance, tinkering, and seeking out new knowledge.
- You’re passionate about creating high quality software, and taking “good” to “great.” You enjoy the exploratory process of improving performance, stability, and maintainability of the code you work with, no matter where a problem lies.
- You’re pragmatic, able to identify technical tradeoffs, and balance “doing things right” with “doing things quickly,” depending on the context. You can navigate short-term changes in priorities as we work towards longer-term goals.
- You’re communicative and collaborative, and you enjoy the journey from the early stages of ambiguity/requirements gathering, through to delivering a finished product that delights customers.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not feel you match all of the requirements exactly. The list of requirements is intended to show the kinds of experience and qualities we’re looking for, but it is not exhaustive. If you are interested in the role, the team, and our mission, we would love to consider your application. We are always open to conversations and look forward to hearing from you.
Who we are:
Speechmatics is the leading expert in Speech Intelligence, and uses AI and Machine Learning to unlock business value in human speech worldwide. We work with an amazing mix of global companies, and our technology can integrate into our customers stack irrespective of their industry or use case – making it the go-to solution to harness useful information from speech.
Joining us means working with some of the smartest minds around the world, focused on cutting-edge projects and deploying the latest techniques to disrupt the market. We believe in putting people first; we’ll do all we can to help you develop your skills and give you the tools you need to thrive. Our Focus Fridays give you an undisturbed day of focus, offset with Together Tuesdays when we have our team meetings, so you've always got the right balance.
We have structured a hybrid approach that includes 2-3 designated office days each week. This arrangement ensures that while we embrace the advantages of remote work, we also maintain the vital connection and synergy that only in-person interactions can foster.
This is only the beginning; we’re looking for amazing people like you to continue our journey…
What we can offer you:
No matter what stage of your career you’re at - from paid internships and first-job opportunities through to management and senior positions - we’ll support you with the training and development needed to reach your career aspirations with us. There really is no shortage of opportunities here for you to get involved and collaborate with those around you to deliver your best work.
We offer incredibly flexible working, regular company lunches, and birthday celebrations. But that’s not all. We’ve spoken to our teams to find out what they want. From Private Medical and Dental for you and your family, through to global working opportunities, a generous holiday allowance and pension/401K matching, we want to make sure our employees and their families are looked after. Every employee will receive a working from home allowance for tech or home office equipment (on top of your choice of laptop and accessories of course). Our approach to parental leave is designed to support employees globally. While this varies by geo, we have support in place for parents (including adoption assistance) to ensure they have the time and financial resources needed to care for their growing families.
At Speechmatics, our mission is simple: Understand Every Voice out there.
That's not just about our tech – it's the heart and soul of who we are. We welcome different experiences, viewpoints, and identities. For us, it’s not just the right thing to do; it’s our catalyst for sparking innovation and creativity. Our teams thrive in an environment that celebrates and supports everyone – no matter their gender, identity or expression, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, marital status, national origin, veteran status, pregnancy, or maternity status.
But we don’t just open the door to diversity – we actively welcome it. Why? Because we believe every unique voice adds something special to our team, leading us to smarter solutions and a better workplace.
So, come as you are and join our Speechling community. We’re building a place where every voice not only gets heard but is also respected and valued.
For more information on us, please visit our website and follow Speechmatics on our social channels via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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What We Do
Speechmatics is the world’s leading expert in Speech Intelligence, combining the latest breakthroughs in AI and ML to unlock the business value in human speech. Businesses use Speechmatics worldwide to accurately understand and transcribe human-level speech into text regardless of demographic, age, gender, accent, dialect or location in real-time and on recorded media.
Combining these transcripts with the latest AI-driven speech capabilities, businesses build products that utilise summarization, topic detection, sentiment analysis, translation and more. Speechmatics processes over 300 years of transcription worldwide every month in 48 languages and can translate 69 language pairs. Having pioneered machine learning in speech recognition, its neural networks consider acoustics, languages, dialects, multiple speakers, punctuation, capitalisation, context and implicit meanings.
Speechmatics is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. Speechmatics is a registered trademark.
