Machine Learning Scientist — NLP, Vision & Speech

Sesame HR; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employer-paid health vision dental

Unlimited PTO & sick time

Medical FSA up to $1650/year

Job summary

Sesame is seeking a Machine Learning Scientist to advance NLP, Speech, and Computer Vision with deep learning. You will stay up to date with the latest research and develop novel solutions aligned with Sesame’s product goals.

You will work across the ML stack—from model architectures and data curation to training infrastructure, evaluation, and experimentation—collaborating with a startup team to push the boundaries of AI in user-facing applications.

Qualifications

• Experience working independently in high-ambiguity environments.
• Published papers in NLP, Speech, or Computer Vision involving large-scale deep learning.
• Familiar with the state of the art in AI.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS or related field.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of ML models across multiple modalities.
• Work across the ML stack, including model architectures, data curation, model evaluation, training & inference infrastructure, research, and experimentation.
• Pick promising approaches from the literature to bet on, and create new approaches where necessary to achieve our unique goals.

Skills

NLP

Speech

Computer Vision

Deep Learning

Education

CS degree or higher

Job description

Sesame is seeking a Machine Learning Scientist to advance NLP, Speech, and Computer Vision with deep learning. You will stay up to date with the latest research and develop novel solutions aligned with Sesame’s product goals.

You will work across the ML stack—from model architectures and data curation to training infrastructure, evaluation, and experimentation—collaborating with a startup team to push the boundaries of AI in user-facing applications.