
Staff AI Engineer (Audio)
Reality Defenderabout 4 hours ago
Base Salary
$185k - $235k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimize ML/DL models for audio deepfake detection.
- Collaborate with clients to understand their production environments and define performance criteria.
- Investigate failure cases and implement mitigation strategies.
- Execute structured experimentation roadmaps aligned with client requirements.
- Monitor and report on model performance using analytics tools.
- Build and maintain dashboards for model health metrics.
- Work with cross-functional teams to deploy scalable models.
Requirements
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Signal Processing, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of industry experience in building and deploying ML/DL models.
- Strong programming skills in Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX.
- Solid understanding of audio processing fundamentals and evaluation metrics.
- Proven experience with large-scale training and benchmarking pipelines.
- Prior experience in a client-facing AI role is a plus.
- Preference for candidates comfortable with EST work hours.
Benefits
- 100% premium coverage for employee healthcare plans.
- 100% premium coverage for dental and vision plans for employees and dependents.
- 100% premium coverage for short/long-term disability and life insurance.
- FSA/HSA and 401k programs available.
- Equity compensation offered.
- 20 days of PTO per year.
- 12 weeks of parental leave.
- Learning and development budget provided.
- Monthly wellness benefits.
- Annual company-sponsored offsite events.
- Daily in-office lunch for employees at HQ in NYC.
- Commuter benefits for NYC employees.
- Remote Fridays and local events like happy hours.