Microsoft's CoreAI Speech Group is looking to develop and deliver robust, natural and scalable speech technologies, across a rich set of scenarios and languages, to power next-generation products in conversational AI and accessibility
Requirements
- 3+ years experience creating publications (e.g., patents, libraries, peer-reviewed academic papers)
- 2+ years experience presenting at conferences such as Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU) International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Interspeech or other events
- Experience with deep learning, signal processing, and speech/audio modeling
- Experience with large-scale computing frameworks, data analysis platforms, and modeling environments
- Experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team
- Experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker
Responsibilities
- Design and develop novel speech algorithms to advance state-of-the-art technologies, with a focus on real-world applications in speech generation
- Tackle scalability challenges by aligning solutions with evolving stakeholder requirements
- Leverage large-scale computing frameworks, data analysis platforms, and modeling environments to enhance model performance and efficiency
- Deploy models into production environments and iterate based on empirical results and user impact
- Conduct rigorous experimentation by evaluating multiple models in live scenarios to assess comparative performance
- Continuously monitor deployed algorithms to ensure they meet expected behavior, accuracy thresholds, and performance guardrails
Other
- Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
- Embody our Culture and Values
- Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with others
