Overview

As a Senior Principal Applied Scientist on the OCI Generative AI Science team, you will architect, develop, and deploy cutting-edge speech AI solutions including ASR, TTS, S2S translation, and conversational AI. Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and product managers to shape OCI’s Speech AI strategy, delivering secure, enterprise-grade services at scale. Drive research innovation to power real-world applications across industries while prioritizing customer data privacy.

Responsibilities

• Lead research and development of state-of-the-art ASR, TTS, and conversational AI models.
• Architect scalable speech AI services for deployment on OCI infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to define and execute Speech AI roadmap.
• Design and implement novel algorithms for speech-to-speech translation and multimodal AI.
• Conduct experiments, evaluate models, and publish findings to advance industry standards.
• Mentor junior scientists and engineers while fostering cross-team innovation.
• Optimize models for production performance, latency, and cost-efficiency at enterprise scale.
• Ensure robust data privacy, security, and compliance in all speech AI solutions.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field with 10+ years of experience.
• Deep expertise in speech AI domains (ASR, TTS, translation, conversational systems).
• Proven track record of deploying ML models at production scale in cloud environments.
• Strong publication record in top-tier AI/ML conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, Interspeech).
• Proficiency in Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and large-scale ML frameworks.
• Experience with OCI/AWS/GCP and distributed training systems (Kubernetes, Ray).

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth cloud leader.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Flexible remote/hybrid work options across United States locations.
• Generous 401(k) matching and employee stock purchase program.
• Professional development stipend and conference attendance support.