Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Machine Learning
Hume AI · New York, New York, United States · New York Office
CHECKED 14H AGO
Applied AIonsitesenior$180k–$250k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build state-of-the-art audio models and evaluation tools for enterprises.
- Integrate cutting-edge AI models into services for researchers and developers.
- Advance empathic AI optimized directly for human well-being.
Ideal candidate
Senior engineer who thrives collaborating with researchers to ship impactful products and is motivated by aligning AI with human values and well-being.
Requirements
- Expertise in Python ecosystem and ML libraries (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, XGBoost, sklearn, pandas, numpy)
- Experience building and deploying models for inference services
- Experience writing backend services in multiple languages (Kotlin, Go, Rust, Java, C++)
- Understanding of core ML concepts including model architecture, training, and evaluation
- Expertise working with storage and compute on cloud platform (Google Cloud, AWS)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Lab profile
About Hume AI
Building empathic speech-language models aligned with human values through emotion science.
What they build
- Speech-language models (SLMs)
- Audio models
- Evaluation tools
Known for
- Reinforcement learning from human expression (RLHE)
- Learning from millions of audio and video recordings
- Science of emotion and human values alignment
Key facts
- Headquartered in New York City
- Series B startup