Technical Program Manager - Speech Systems

Company: SoundHound Inc.
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: March 28, 2020

Job Description:

About SoundHound: At SoundHound Inc., we believe every brand should have a voice. As the leading innovator of conversational technologies, we're trusted by top brands around the globe. Houndify, our independent Voice AI platform, with 70,000+ users, allows brands to create custom voice assistants that deliver results with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our mission is to enable humans to interact with the things around them in the same way we interact with each other: by speaking naturally. We're making that a reality through our SoundHound music discovery app and Hound voice assistant and through our strategic partnerships with brands like Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Deutsche Telekom, and Pandora. Today, our customized voice AI solutions allow people to talk to phones, cars, smart speakers, mobile apps, coffee machines, and every other part of the emerging 'voice-first' world. Our diverse team of engineers, UX/UI designers, writers, data scientists and linguists are all passionate about creating a world with more conversations. With more than 14 years of expertise in voice technology, we have hundreds of millions of end users, and a worldwide team in six countries building solutions for a voice-first world. About the Role: Join our growing engineering team by playing a key role in advancing our Speech Recognition technologies. Work closely with our existing management team to coordinate the efforts of a core group of engineers focused on statistical machine learning, speech recognition algorithms, and acoustic modeling. Sync-up regularly with each engineer and ask the right questions to ensure systems and code bases remain robust and projects progress appropriately. You will be in constant contact with other parts of the global SoundHound team as well as interfacing directly with major external partners. You will be joining a deeply technical culture. Our existing management team consists of hands-on coders all the way up to the CEO level. We expect you to be deeply technical as well, so this is an ideal role for an accomplished hands-on engineer who is excited by the challenge of helping us evolve our current organizational structure into something more scalable while proactively advocating for the things that make engineers love coming to work every day. Responsibilities: - Own and maintain roadmaps for the engineering team's projects - Coordinate timelines, identify risks, and convey priorities to engineers - Interface with internal teams and external partners to drive projects forward - Clearly communicate goals and status updates to project stakeholders - Facilitate deep dives on key architectural decisions, evaluating trade-offs and risks Requirements: - Hands-on experience as a software engineer (3+ years preferred) in a *nix environment - Track record of technical program management for complex systems at scale - Adept at managing all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from design to release - Experience interfacing with non-technical teams and external partners - BS in CS, EE, Mathematics, Statistics or related fields, MS preferred Nice to haves: - Prior exposure to Speech Recognition, Natural Language Understanding, Data Curation, or related technologies - Prior experience coordinating software development efforts across multiple locations - Prior experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment - Familiarity with issue-tracking systems like JIRA

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