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Senior Applied ML Engineer – Speech, Audio
Location
Mali
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Applied ML Engineer – Speech, Audio
Nile Bits, LLC.
• Design, fine-tune, and optimize advanced machine learning models for Arabic voice applications. • Work across the full development lifecycle, from data pipeline construction and model experimentation to inference optimization and production deployment. • Benchmark and evaluate TTS and ASR models using Arabic-specific test sets, measuring metrics such as Word Error Rate (WER), naturalness, and dialect coverage. • Fine-tune generative models for voice cloning, zero-shot speaker adaptation, and speech synthesis. • Build and maintain Arabic-focused data pipelines, including: Audio collection and preprocessing Diacritization (Tashkil) Data cleaning and augmentation. • Optimize model inference for production environments using: Quantization KV-cache tuning Streaming inference techniques. • Integrate and evaluate complete speech-to-speech conversational pipelines. • Conduct experiments based on recent research papers and convert findings into production-ready solutions. • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to deploy robust and scalable speech systems.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Applied AI, or AI Research.
- Strong programming skills in Python.
- Extensive hands-on experience with PyTorch and the Hugging Face ecosystem.
- Proven experience training and fine-tuning neural models for: Text-to-Speech (TTS) Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Audio codecs
- Deep understanding of modern speech architectures such as: Whisper Conformer HiFi-GAN Diffusion-based models
- Experience with audio processing techniques including: Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Speaker Diarization Neural Vocoders
- Demonstrated ability to implement and adapt research papers into practical production experiments.
- Strong understanding of Arabic language challenges, including: Diacritization (Tashkil) Dialectal variations Code-switching
- Experience with inference optimization techniques such as: Quantization Streaming inference NVIDIA TensorRT
Benefits
- All employees benefits for free (our famous games room, daily breakfast, fruits, coffee and other hot drinks, soft drinks and juices, company days out and parties…)
- Social insurance
- Open-door management policy
- Full Medical insurance
- Accommodation and Transportation Allowance
- Friendly environment that values innovation and efficiency
- Exciting opportunities for career growth and talent development
- Feedback encouragement
- Recognition and reward programs
- Competitive salaries and incentives
- Friendly environment
- Flexible and Comfortable schedule
- Fun committees
- Monetary rewards
- Fun, smart and creative people
- Career possibilities with growing team
- Paid vacations
- Social benefits
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