Machine Learning Engineer – Speech Recognition | AI Healthcare Startup
Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid – 3 days in office)
Salary: Competitive + Equity + Benefits
A rapidly growing AI healthcare startup, backed by top-tier investors including leading Silicon Valley venture firms, is on a mission to restore joy to medicine by reducing clinician burnout through intelligent automation. Their flagship product — an AI medical scribe used by tens of thousands of clinicians — generates millions of patient notes every month and continues to scale globally.
With thousands of healthcare professionals relying on their technology daily, the company is now expanding its engineering team in San Francisco to push the boundaries of AI, speech recognition, and medical documentation.
The Role
As a Machine Learning Engineer (Speech Recognition), you’ll be part of a small, high-performing team building and optimizing models that directly improve the lives of clinicians. You’ll work end-to-end — from evaluating open-source models to optimizing large-scale inference systems — while collaborating with some of the brightest minds in applied AI.
Key Responsibilities:
- Evaluate and fine-tune open-source speech recognition models to enhance quality and capabilities.
- Optimize inference infrastructure (WhisperX, Kubernetes, NATS) for scalability and performance.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to integrate large language models into production applications.
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years of software or machine learning experience, including 2+ years working directly with speech recognition models.
- Strong Python skills; familiarity with PyTorch, Kubernetes, and model deployment workflows.
- A track record of top performance and a passion for mission-driven, fast-paced environments.
- Bonus: Experience with TypeScript, LLM evaluation, or synthetic data generation.
What’s on Offer
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth AI startup.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Unlimited PTO and annual company retreats.
- 401(k) plan and commuter benefits for San Francisco–based employees.
- The opportunity to make a direct, global impact on clinician well-being.
This is an exceptional opportunity to join one of the most exciting companies in the AI healthcare space — a place where engineering excellence meets meaningful innovation.
To express interest or learn more, please reach out directly or apply with your resume.
