# Machine Learning Researcher Engineer (NYC) at BoldVoice

- Company: BoldVoice (YC S21)
- What the company does: Speech and accent coaching app for non-native English speakers. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://boldvoice.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York, NY, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-01-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/boldvoice/jobs/RqUMi2H-machine-learning-researcher-engineer-nyc
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/boldvoice-machine-learning-researcher-engineer-nyc/

## About the role

You will be joining a top-notch machine learning team, who are striving to push forward what’s possible in speech and audio AI, but also care about creating practical uses for their work. An example of our team’s research can be found here: Accents in Latent Spaces . Our team is also behind the viral hit: BoldVoice Accent Oracle , which has been tried more than 50m times, by users all over the world.

## What they're looking for

- You have a strong foundation in machine learning, statistics and mathematics, and take pride in building systems that work well and make it into production
- You thrive on solving challenging problems, and bring equal parts creativity and focus to methodically try out both proven and unproven techniques
- You care about user experience and are driven to create technologies that make a real difference
- You want to work fast, you want to not get interrupted by meetings, and you want to not need to ask for permission to do things
- Experience in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) will be particularly useful, as will knowledge of phonetics and the ability to discern sounds and accents
- Proficiency in Python and frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar

Tags: Engineering