Job Description

About our Research team

As an audio data research company, we believe model capabilities come from high quality, differentiated data. David AIs research team performs ambitious, long-term research into audio capabilities, while working with internal and external stakeholders to productionalize the latest research insights.

About this role

As a Founding Audio AI Research Engineer , you'll define the research agenda that shapes how the world's best AI labs train their audio models. Youll have a world-class workforce of human AI trainers, compute resources, and independence to drive your roadmap.

In this role, you will

• Define and build comprehensive evaluation frameworks for audio AI capabilities across speech, emotion, conversation dynamics, and acoustic patterns.
• Research and prototype novel approaches to audio quality assessment, automated labeling, and data collection optimization.
• Design targeted data collection pipelines for novel, high-value audio capabilities
• Architect automated systems for continuous classifier improvement and prompt engineering evaluation.
• Evaluate frontier models and create actionable research directions.
• Publish findings and papers in top conferences.

Your background looks like

• 3+ years of experience in AI/ML research or engineering, preferably with multimodal models
• Proven ability to translate research insights into production systems and scalable solutions.
• Experience with Python and PyTorchExperience designing and conducting rigorous ML experiments and evaluations.

Bonus points if you have

• PhD or Masters in Computer Science or a related field with a focus on ML or audio/speech.
• Published research work in top-tier CS, AI and/or audio-related conferences.
• Strong record of publication in evaluations or data, particularly for audio/speech.
• Experience in large scale data processing or high performance computing.

Compensation and benefits

• Rapid career growth at one of the fastest growing Series A companies, within a new and booming industry.
• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Flexible PTO policy.
• Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% company reimbursement for most plans.
• Paid lunch and dinner in the office, every day through DoorDash.
• 401k access.

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