Senior ASR/NLP Engineer (offline)

Project Description:
Automatic Speech Recognition and Machine learning/NLP engineer is required to join Liquidity Management group to work on a wide variety of speech-related research and development activities, including acoustic modeling, language modeling and tools development. Our speech recognition research is typically data driven and we are particularly interested in unsupervised/supervised techniques to leverage large quantities of data. You should be passionate about creating phenomenal products and will be working with other members of Technical excellence and innovation team on extending and improving components of our speech understanding based on Mozilla/DeepSpeech framework.

Responsibilities:
∙ Application development using Python, C++ and/or Java;
∙ Development of internal ASR engine using DeepSpeech;
∙ Work on improvements of DeepSpeech model's accuracy;
∙ Support integration of the speech SDK into applications developed in Java;
∙ Ability to implement experiments using scripting languages;

Mandatory Skills:
∙ Python development 2+ years, ability to build API solutions;
∙ Experience with data-driven statistical and machine learning methods;
∙ Understanding of ASR techiques and frameworks (DeepSpeech, CMU Sphinx or similar);
∙ Understanding of Acoustic / Language Models (AM / LM);
∙ Understanding of NLP techniques and text processing approaches (TF-IDF, Word2Vec), semantic extraction, data structures and modeling;
∙ Understanding of Deep Learning, experience with TensorFlow, Keras/PyTorch (or similar);
∙ Ability to work efficiently with global teams to leverage existing systems and solutions;

Nice-to-Have Skills:
∙ C++ and/or Java development;
∙ Experience in building large vocabulary speech recognition systems;
∙ Inverse-Text Normalization (ITN);
∙ GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks) understanding;
∙ Demonstrate ownership and initiative taking;
∙ Take part in building CI environment;

About Luxoft

Luxoft (NYSE:LXFT) is a global consulting partner that offers end-to-end digital solutions to solve clients’ complex business challenges.

We are a new class of digital service provider that combines consulting, strategy, and engineering at scale. We use this to drive business change by applying engineering excellence, deep domain expertise, and our senior software engineering talent to improve your client’s customer experience, boost your operational efficiency, and strengthen your competitive advantage.

We have expertise in automotive, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, telecommunications, and other industries. As a highly committed partner, we take customer challenges as our own. Our dedication stems from a passion for technology and a bespoke attention to your needs.

With over two decades of consistent, timely delivery and management of complex projects, we now serve over 280 active clients. With our headquarters in Zug, Switzerland and 42 global locations, we operate in 21 countries across five continents, providing you with robust global delivery platform. With about 12,700 employees, we have the best technology talent to support your business needs.

Company website:
https://www.luxoft.com/