Hark

Member of Technical Staff, Multimodal Speech

San Jose · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$450kDetected 83 days ago

Full-Stack DevelopmentMachine LearningData EngineeringAgentic AIA/B TestingSignal ProcessingResearch

About the role

You will work across the full stack-from data and modeling to training, evaluation, and real-time serving-pushing the boundaries of speech intelligence and human-computer interaction.

Drive research and development to advance speech and audio capabilities in multimodal models, including speech recognition, synthesis, and understanding.
Develop and improve large-scale speech and audio data pipelines, including data collection, filtering, alignment, and synthetic data generation.
Design and implement state-of-the-art models for speech and audio, including end-to-end multimodal architectures and real-time systems.
Build evaluation frameworks and internal benchmarks to measure speech quality, latency, robustness, and overall user experience.
Optimize models and systems for real-time performance, scalability, and production deployment.
Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to translate research innovations into impactful, user-facing AI experiences.
Hark is an artificial intelligence company building advanced, personalized intelligence.
We're pairing that intelligence with next-generation hardware to create a universal interface between humans and machines.

Proven track record of advancing speech or audio models through innovations in data, modeling, or training.
Strong experience in speech/audio domains such as ASR, TTS, speech-to-speech, or audio foundation models.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $180,000 - $450,000 annually.
The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role.
This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

One that is proactive, multimodal, and capable of interacting with the world through speech, text, vision, and persistent memory.

As part of the Omni team, you will drive the development of advanced speech and audio capabilities within multimodal foundation models.

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