openai
Research Engineer - Speech & Realtime Models
San Francisco (Remote)fulltimemid
About this role
Join OpenAI's Speech & Realtime Models Team as a Research Engineer to develop advanced speech AI models and transform cutting-edge research into production applications. You'll work on speech-to-speech, transcription, and text-to-speech technologies alongside world-class researchers and engineers.
What you'll do
- Design and build state-of-the-art speech models (speech-to-speech, ASR, TTS, etc.)
- Translate research breakthroughs into production-ready OpenAI products
- Implement scalable data pipelines and optimize models for performance and accuracy
- Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, and forward-deployed engineers
- Monitor and maintain deployed models to ensure continued performance
- Lead code reviews and maintain high-quality engineering practices
What they're looking for
- Deep learning and transformer models
- PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Data structures and algorithms
- LLM training/fine-tuning (distillation, SFT, policy optimization)
- Speech model development (preferred)
- Software engineering principles
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking
- Cross-functional collaboration
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