Middle ASR Engineer

We are seeking an ASR Engineer to join our Solution Delivery team. You will be part of a talented software team that delivers the latest in Conversational AI and Virtual Agent technologies, bringing advanced voice-driven solutions to enterprises across the world.

As part of this team, you will be trained on Omilia's Conversational AI platform and Speech-to-Text suite, working with cutting-edge technologies in signal processing and speech recognition. Responsibilities

• Audio signal processing, corpus processing & management, text normalization.
• Language modeling: training, evaluating, and optimizing language models for voice-enabled Conversational AI applications.
• Data augmentation for Language Models using various approaches including Generative AI.
• Phonetic lexicon curation.
• Developing and optimizing acoustic models for various languages, environmental conditions, and channels.
• Analyzing performance and optimizing existing Voice Activity Detection (VAD) models.
• Working with individuals from diverse backgrounds to analyze requirements and customize the ASR solution to enhance application performance.

• Academic Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computational Linguistics, Speech & Language Processing, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Mid-Level Programming Knowledge, with a preference for BASH and Python scripting; however, Java or C++ are also acceptable.
• Familiarity with any of the following: Digital Signal Processing, language and acoustic modeling concepts for ASR, machine learning algorithms, phonetics and phonology.
• Comfort working in a Linux environment.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ambition, enthusiasm, eagerness to learn, analytical and creative thinking, strong attention to detail.
• Well-organized for both team and/or solo assignments.
• Accountable within demanding deadlines.
• Familiarity with GitLab and Jira.

Nice to have

• Experience working with ASR platforms.
• Experience with speech analysis software such as Praat.
• Experience with voice-enabled conversational automated dialog systems.
• Experience in any production-level ASR / NLU / NLP solutions.
• Familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Knowledge of additional languages (preferably Dutch and Scandinavian languages).
• Familiarity with linguistic concepts or a background in linguistics.

• Fixed compensation.
• Long-term employment with the working days vacation.
• Development in professional growth (courses, training, etc).
• Being part of successful cutting-edge technology products that are making a global impact in the service industry.
• Proficient and fun-to-work-with colleagues.
• Apple gear.