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smallest.ai · 9 hours ago

Senior Researcher - Speech to Text | San Francisco

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$200K/yr - $300K/yr
date3+ years exp

smallest.ai is a company focused on advancing speech recognition technology, and they are seeking a Senior Researcher to lead research on ASR models. The role involves designing and training speech-to-text models, improving decoding pipelines, and collaborating with various engineering teams.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware

Responsibilities

Lead research on ASR models focused on accuracy, latency, and robustness
Design and train speech-to-text models for noisy, accented, and low-resource settings
Improve streaming and real-time decoding pipelines
Experiment with architectures, loss functions, and data strategies (augmentation, semi-supervised learning, distillation)
Translate research ideas into production-ready systems
Collaborate closely with infra, product, and voice engineering teams

Qualification

ASR researchDeep learning frameworksStreaming ASR systemsModern ASR architecturesMultilingual speechPublications in conferencesReal-time production systemsConversational AIEnd-to-end thinking

Required

Strong background in ASR / speech research
Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch preferred)
Experience with streaming or low-latency ASR systems
Familiarity with modern ASR architectures (CTC, Transducers, attention-based, hybrid)
Ability to think end-to-end: data → model → deployment
Prior work in multilingual or accented speech is a strong plus
3-6 years of specialized experience in speech through academia or industry
Masters or PhD in Speech

Preferred

Publications in top speech / ML conferences
Experience deploying models in real-time production systems
Exposure to conversational AI

Company

smallest.ai

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Smallest.ai is a Software Development developing a voice AI foundation models for enterprise deployment, sales and support.
dateFounded in 2023
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://smallest.ai

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$9M
Key Investors
Amazon Web ServicesSierra Ventures
2025-10-09Non Equity Assistance· $1M
2025-09-22Seed· $8M
2025-03-20Pre Seed

Leadership Team

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Apoorv Sood
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