AI Engineer (Speech)

About the Position

KYIVSTAR Київстар – New Revenue Stream

Project description

As part of the AI transformation strategy, Kyivstar invests resources in the integration of GenAI/Speech technologies into internal processes and day-to-day tasks, but also uses gained experience to help partners and clients to receive maximum benefits from these technologies too. One of the key directions of this strategy is the development of AI assistants and services for external partners and clients. To achieve this, the company is looking for an AI Engineer (Speech) - specialists in the field of GenAI and Speech Processing with a deep ML/DL background and practical skills in developing AI assistants and voice bots.

Responsibilities

• Design, train, and optimize ASR and TTS models for production use
• Design and develop AI-powered assistants
• Fine-tune and optimize large-scale models for specific business needs
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to deploy the solution
• Plan and manage ML projects, articulate methodologies, and communicate results and business impact to stakeholders and customers

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in ML/DL with a strong focus on STT/TTS
• Hands-on experience training and deploying models for various speech processing tasks (e.g., speech classification, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and speaker diarization)
• Practical experience building AI applications using LLMs
• Strong Python skills with experience in writing scalable software modules
• Fundamental knowledge of ML/DL theoretical concepts
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and basic web development principles
• Proficient in version control (Git) and containerization tools (Docker)

Nice to Have

• Experience with real-time / low-latency speech systems
• Experience with distributed data processing and training in multi-node, multi-GPU environments
• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, and FastAPI
• Experience with Azure/AWS
• Familiarity with PySpark for large-scale data processing
• Exposure to Data Science in the Telecom industry

We Offer

• Working with huge amounts of data at the largest operator in Ukraine
• Hands-on experience with Cloud technologies and tools
• Great diversity of tasks and projects to utilize your knowledge and skills; flexibility in tools and approaches
• Opportunity to grow within the team of talented data scientists

About the Company

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