Speech ML Engineer - Large-Scale Audio Models | Hybrid + Equity

Plaud; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage

401(k) matching

Unlimited PTO

New parent leave

Hybrid office

Job summary

Plaud Inc. is seeking a senior to lead development of next-gen SpeechLLM technologies in a fast-growing startup. You will design and train large-scale audio and speech models, from signal processing to edge-device considerations, collaborating across research and software teams. A hybrid in-person/remote setup in the San Francisco area is offered.

Join a founding-team culture with equity, strong benefits, and high-impact work on real-world AI interfaces for professionals.

Qualifications

• Experience building and training large-scale audio or speech models from the ground up.
• Comfort across the stack from signal processing to foundation model training.

Skills

Audio modeling

Speech models

Sequence modeling

Distributed training

GPU memory optimization

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Plaud Inc. is seeking a senior to lead development of next-gen SpeechLLM technologies in a fast-growing startup. You will design and train large-scale audio and speech models, from signal processing to edge-device considerations, collaborating across research and software teams. A hybrid in-person/remote setup in the San Francisco area is offered.

Join a founding-team culture with equity, strong benefits, and high-impact work on real-world AI interfaces for professionals.