Machine Learning Engineer - Language Modeling (German)

SoundHound Inc.

Santa Clara, CA, United States

7 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English, German

Job source

www.wayup.com

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles Java (Programming Language) Apache Lucene Elasticsearch MapReduce Machine Learning Language Modeling Scripting Apache Spark Information Technology

Requirements

Proficient in Java and at least one scripting language
Excellent algorithms skills, and ability to write efficient code
Deep fluency with academic fields relevant to Statistical Language Modeling
Experience building production systems based on Machine Learning lifecycle
Full professional proficiency in German
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Nice-to-haves:

Familiarity with MapReduce/Spark and other relevant infrastructure
Familiarity with DNN, class-based language modeling, and other relevant techniques
Experience working with large text corpora and speech-related technologies
Experience building large scale crawlers
Experience working with Lucene, Nutch, Elasticsearch

Benefits & conditions

SoundHound is creating and productizing transformative technologies that improve life. Join us! After amassing a global user community well over 300 million strong, a large portfolio of core technologies and award winning products….we’re just getting started. At SoundHound we value creativity, innovation, hard work, open communication and fast iteration, which allow us to act on valuable feedback from employees and users alike. SoundHound’s culture is one of impromptu coffee breaks, less-impromptu fitness sessions, group lunches, and weekly happy hours. We offer a competitive salary, SoundHound stock options, unique camaraderie, catered lunches, and the opportunity to call a company home that’s simultaneously changing the way we discover music AND interact with machines. Yep, it’s that cool. About the Role:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the core group working on Speech Recognition at SoundHound
Work on building large scale Statistical Language Models, a critical system in Speech Recognition
Run experiments and tune parameters to improve Statistical Language Models
Build prototypes to explore novel methods/algorithms to improve the Statistical Language Models
Identify new techniques to explore, prototype them, and then implement winning ideas in production