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Machine Learning Team Lead

Speechmatics · London, England, United Kingdom · Speechmatics Cambridge

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead a team building large self-supervised models for world-leading speech AI.
  • Drive end-to-end ML development from research innovation to production deployment.

What they offer

  • Private medical and dental coverage for you and your family
  • Global working opportunities
  • Generous holiday allowance and pension/401K matching
  • Working from home allowance plus laptop and accessories
  • Parental leave support including adoption assistance

Ideal candidate

An experienced ML leader who loves mentoring engineers and turning research into robust products. Impact-driven, collaborative, and passionate about inclusive, world-leading speech technology.

Requirements

  • Demonstrable experience guiding and mentoring ML engineers
  • Adept at prioritizing work by impact, feasibility and time-to-value with clear success metrics
  • Strong understanding of modern ML stack including transformer architectures, GQA and KV-caching
  • Expertise in distributed training techniques
  • Familiarity with model inference optimisation including dynamic batching, flash attention and speculative decoding
  • Proven track record developing and deploying models at scale
  • Proficiency in Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch and cloud platforms
  • Strong familiarity with software engineering practices and ML testing frameworks
remote policy
Hybrid with 2-3 designated office days per week

Lab profile

About Speechmatics

Autonomous speech recognition company providing accurate real-time speech-to-text APIs.

What they build

  • Real-time speech-to-text API
  • Batch transcription API
  • Voice AI platform

Known for

  • Self-supervised speech AI models
  • High accuracy in noisy audio
  • 55+ languages support

Key facts

  • Founded in 2006
  • Headquartered in Cambridge, UK
  • Series B funded
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