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$190,000 – $225,000
Listed on AssemblyAI’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Build and optimize the infrastructure that turns AssemblyAI's voice AI research into production APIs serving hundreds of millions of inference calls monthly. This role bridges research and customers, requiring backend expertise with machine learning systems and the ability to work comfortably in the ambiguity between research prototypes and production-grade services.
Our summary, not AssemblyAI’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- Strong backend engineering experience with production ML infrastructure or customer-facing APIs
- Ability to operate effectively with ambiguity between research and product timelines
- Genuine curiosity about AI/ML and ability to understand model behavior for engineering decisions
- Strong collaboration skills across researchers, engineers, and customers
Nice to have
- Experience at growth-stage or scaling AI companies
- Familiarity with speech or audio processing
- Previous work turning research prototypes into production systems