We’re looking for a Speech Engineer specializing in Kaldi. You will help manage the infrastructure and data pipeline for an AI-powered education game. This is a senior-level position -- you should have at least 5 years of experience working as a senior engineer. Experience working with ML models and tools is required. Experience with speech recognition is required and knowledge of Kaldi is strongly preferred.
Amira’s mission is to reinvent the way kids learn to read. AI is changing everything. At Amira, you will use the power of machine learning to help every child become a masterful and motivated reader. We are looking for a Speech Engineer to join our team of leading data scientists.
You will join a startup team that in past-lives built the most successful and widely used applications in American schools. You will create the next generation of AI-powered software for the classroom and home. You will be focused on using ML & RL to create models at the heart of Amira’s work.
Amira was created at Carnegie Mellon University. The first AI-powered tutor, Amira is able to listen to young children read out loud, assess their mastery and deliver 1:1 personalized tutoring. Google and Amazon are investors & partners. Already at work in more than 250 school districts across the country, Amira is accelerating reading mastery for struggling readers every single day.
We’re looking for an experienced ML Engineer ready to join a fast-paced, fast-growing startup. Amira is a special opportunity to do good and to do well.
Amira’s Culture:
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Flexibility - We encourage people to live and work where they desire. Amira works as a truly distributed team. We worked remotely before COVID and we’ll be working remotely after the pandemic is long gone.
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Collaboration - We work together closely, using collaborative tools and periodic f2f get togethers.
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Lean & Agile - We believe in ownership and continuous feedback.
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Mission-Driven - What’s important to us is helping kids. We’re about tangible, measure impact.
What you will do
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Manage a Python-based ML infrastructure that is processing thousands of hours of children’s digital reading on a weekly basis.
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Support the creation of Supervised learning and RL models using Tensorflow and AWS
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Work in the areas of speech recognition and mispronunciation detection employing the latest techniques in Deep Learning
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Tune and deploy the Kaldi ASR
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Work closely with Ph.D. data scientists to build world-class models
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Work in an environment that supports your individual growth
Who you are:
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You are an experienced Speech Scientist or Engineer.
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You have worked with Kaldi and are expert in recipes.
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You should be comfortable working with AWS.
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You have a desire to be at a Silicon Valley start-up, with the desire and commitment that requires.
What we offer:
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Competitive Salary
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Large Company level benefits
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Meaningful Option Ownership
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Cutting Edge Work
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The opportunity to help children around the world have a better life.