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ISCApad Archive » 2018 » ISCApad #237 » Jobs » (2017-11-10) Principal Language Modelling Engineer, Speechmatics, Cambridge, UK |
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Sunday, March 11, 2018 by Chris Wellekens |
Principal Language Modelling Engineer Location: Cambridge, UK Contact: careers@speechmatics.com Background Speechmatics’ versatile automatic speech recognition technology, based on decades of research and experience in neural networks, is enabling world-leading companies to power a speech-enabled future. Having already transcribed millions of hours of audio and helped customers across a diverse range of use cases and applications, the team’s mission is to build the best speech technology for any application, anywhere, in any language and put speech back at the heart of communication. In the office, we pride ourselves on a relaxed but productive environment enabling both commercial success and personal development - we often host lunch and learn sessions and attend regular academic and commercial conferences. When we're not working hard, we regularly host company outings and events where your plus-one is welcomed to enjoy great food, great drinks, and great company! We also reward ourselves occasionally with massages, and even get our bikes fixed onsite! We think it’s important to give a little back too, so everyone is eligible for some time off for charity work plus we’ll match your contribution via the Give As You Earn scheme. See more about our great perks below! We are expanding rapidly and are seeking talented people to join us as we continue to push the boundaries of speech recognition. This is an opportunity to join a high growth team and form a major part of its future direction. The Opportunity We are looking for a talented and experienced Language Modelling expert to help us build the best speech technology for anybody, anywhere, in any language. You will be a part of a team that is working on our core ASR capabilities to improve our speed, accuracy and support for all languages. Your role will include making sure our Language Modelling capability remains at the head of the field. Your work will feed into the ‘Automatic Linguist’, our ground-breaking framework to support the building of ASR models, and hence the delivery of every language pack published by the company. Alongside the wider team you will be responsible for keeping our system the most accurate and useful commercial speech recognition available. Because you will be joining a rapidly expanding team, you will need to be a team player who thrives in a fast paced environment, with a focus on rapidly moving research developments into products. We strongly encourage versatility and knowledge transfer within the team, so we can share efficiently what needs to be done to meet our commitments to the rest of the company. Key Responsibilities
Experience Essential
Desirable
Salary We offer a competitive salary and bonus scheme, pension contribution matching and a generous EMI share option scheme. We also have several additional benefits including private medical insurance, holiday purchase, life assurance, childcare vouchers, cycle scheme, massages, bike doctor, fully stocked drinks fridge, and fresh fruit available daily to name just a few! |
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