Voice Research Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Voice Research Engineer (AI): Developing models and algorithms for real-time voice agents with an accent on speech understanding, naturalness, and turn-taking. Focus on implementing frontier approaches for training, evaluation, and orchestration to drive high-impact AI agents into production.

Location: On-site in New York City

Salary: $200K – $400K + Equity

Company

hirify.global is a leading conversational AI platform that enables enterprises to deploy AI agents for personalized customer experiences across multiple channels.

What you will do

• Lead research and engineering efforts to improve conversational capabilities, including instruction following, retrieval, and memory.
• Build and iterate on end-to-end models and pipelines optimized for quality, efficiency, and user experience.
• Partner with platform and product engineers to integrate new models into production systems.
• Translate ambiguous research ideas into clear, iterative milestones and technical roadmaps.
• Mentor researchers and engineers, setting technical direction and establishing applied research best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering or research.
• Experience post-training and deploying LLMs in production environments.
• Fluency in Python and modern ML tooling for training, evaluation, and data pipelines.
• Proven track record of moving research prototypes to reliable, measurable production impact.
• Ability to define roadmaps and lead cross-functional execution.
• Must be based in New York City for on-site work.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible "take what you need" vacation policy.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families.
• Retirement planning with 401K options.
• Parental leave and fertility/family building benefits through Carrot.
• Daily lunches and snacks provided in the office.