Senior Speech Scientist

Trades Workforce Solutions; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social AI company in the United Kingdom is seeking a talented individual to define the ASR strategy for next-generation social AI interactions. You will own the ASR function from the start, evaluating existing solutions and developing proprietary models. The ideal candidate has experience in building and deploying ASR systems at scale and familiarity with the latest ASR models and architectures. This remote role offers competitive compensation and stock options.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Stock options

Qualifications

• Proven track record building and deploying ASR systems at scale.
• Strong familiarity with SOTA ASR models and architectures (Whisper, Conformer, etc.).
• Understanding of data quality assessment for speech systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the ASR roadmap from evaluation through production deployment.
• Build and train models that handle natural conversation dynamics.
• Develop evaluation systems to measure accuracy, speed, and reliability.
• Define data requirements and create pipelines for ASR training.
• Work from low-level performance optimizations to high-level architecture decisions.

Skills

Building and deploying ASR systems at scale

Strong familiarity with SOTA ASR models

Understanding of data quality assessment for speech systems

Job description

Looking to define ASR strategy for the next generation of social AI?

You'll be joining a well-funded social AI company building lifelike AI characters that interact naturally across voice, video, and text. Founded by a prominent tech entrepreneur, they're creating new media formats for AI-driven interaction where agents handle group conversations, interruptions, and multi-agent dynamics.

Your mission

You'll own the ASR function from day one - starting with evaluating and implementing existing solutions, then moving toward building proprietary models as the platform scales. This means hands‑on work testing APIs and open‑source models, followed by developing custom systems for multi‑agent group conversations and social interactions.

You'll shape the technical direction, balance short‑term delivery with long‑term innovation, and drive individual research initiatives while collaborating on broader team objectives.

Your focus

• Define and execute the ASR roadmap from evaluation through production deployment
• Build and train models that handle natural conversation dynamics
• Develop evaluation systems to measure accuracy, speed, and reliability
• Define data requirements and create pipelines for ASR training
• Work from low-level performance optimizations to high-level architecture decisions

What you'll bring

• Proven track record building and deploying ASR systems at scale
• Strong familiarity with SOTA ASR models and architectures (Whisper, Conformer, etc.)
• Understanding of data quality assessment for speech systems

Nice to have

• Experience leading technical initiatives or ML teams

Remote with competitive comp + stock.

Ready to define the future of social AI interactions? Apply today.