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Oracle Senior Principal Speech Scientist in Des Moines, Iowa

Job Description

Invent, implement and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models, algorithms and systems as part of the OCI Speech team. Build prototypes and explore conceptually new solutions. Work collaboratively with science, engineering, and product teams to identify customer needs in order to create and implement solutions, promote innovation and drive model implementations. Lead a sub team within larger Speech team, providing direction, guidance and mentorship to fellow scientists.

Responsibilities

Defines the bar for science practices, and helps teams achieve those goals. Develop deep product intuition to influence future product roadmaps and drive decision making. Clearly articulate technical work to audiences of all levels and across multiple functional areas in both internal and external settings. Engage in forward looking research with a global team. Identifies and mitigates risks across full set of systems, particularly at the intersection of business and engineering. Work closely with product management and engineering to deliver products which solves the needs of our customers by building relevant, innovative results which strategically differentiates Oracle in the market. Hires and mentors across the org. Perform an active role in team planning, review and retrospective events. Ensures experiments are ready for hand-off to Software Developers ship into production.

  • Is very experienced with Machine Learning and Deep Learning models and frameworks

  • Has background on speech processing (speech recognition, speaker verification/identification, keyword spotting, diarization) and/or neural language modeling and/or big data management and curation

  • Has strong programming skills in Python. C++, Java are beneficial, but not required.

  • Has 6+ years of professional development

  • Is able to experiment and evaluate state of the art systems from both academia and industry

  • Possesses excellent communication skills with an ability to explain and write specifications that embody complex concepts to stakeholders within the team

  • Is able to adapt to a fast-paced work environment and can quickly adjust to changing priorities

  • Works in a detail-oriented manner, with a focus on quality of the product, data, and code

  • Is fluent in spoken/read/written English.An exposure to medical/health use cases is a plus.A PhD in computer science on natural language processing or speech processing is preferred but not a must.A relevant publication record is a plus.

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $139,300 to $291,900 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

  1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

  2. Short term disability and long term disability

  3. Life insurance and AD&D

  4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

  5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

  6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

  7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

  8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

  9. 11 paid holidays

  10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

  11. Paid parental leave

  12. Adoption assistance

  13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  14. Financial planning and group legal

  15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

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