The Role
Are you looking to influence the design and development of a consumer product that will touch millions of people? Are you a self-starter with a passion for both your work and the start-up adventure? Do you have exceptional skills in statistics and programming? Are you looking to play a foundational role at a very quickly-growing company? If yes, we should talk.
We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning (ML) Software Engineer (m/f/d) to help us design and develop machine learning and deep learning systems. This person in this role will be implementing appropriate ML algorithms and running machine learning tests and experiments. Your ultimate goal will be to shape and build efficient self-learning applications.
What you will do:
- Design machine learning systems
- Study and transform data science prototypes
- Research and implement appropriate ML algorithms and tools
- Develop machine learning applications according to requirements
- Select appropriate datasets and data representation methods
- Run machine learning tests and experiments
- Perform statistical analysis and fine-tuning using test results
- Train and retrain systems when necessary
- Create new and extend existing ML libraries and frameworks
- Own designs that have an impact on the fundamental architecture of the product
- Provide technical recommendations & expertise to senior leaders
Desired Qualifications/Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Machine Learning Engineer or similar role
- Masters in Computer science or equivalent long term business experience
- Strong knowledge and hands on experience with Java or C++
- Ability to implement algorithms and optimize for processing performance
- Proven experience with examples of AI driven solutions
- Experience in NLP (e.g. named entity recognition, semantic analysis)
- Experience in ASR model training and application for GMM-HMM, TDNN, Chain models (preferably using Kaldi)
- Deep knowledge of math, probability, statistics and algorithms
- Experience with scoring functions in general
- Experience in classification and regression tasks
- Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of how to define robust and efficient API
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Balanced mixture of theoretical knowledge and solution-driven practice
- 8+ years of experience and an advanced degree in a related field
Why you’ll love working at Quoori:
- There’s excitement every day around building a revolutionary new product for a huge market
- Opportunity to grow from the ground up, with smart and passionate colleagues
- Fast-paced start-up community with great growth opportunities
- Ability to put your stamp on innovative products
- Passionate, diverse, and supportive team members
- Transparent company culture
- Our Head Office located in San Francisco/ Silicon Valley
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and time off package
- Company wide winter holiday break (Dec 24 - Jan 1)
- Stocked Kitchen (Snacks and Beverages)
- Company Events