Founding Voice AI Engineer (Part-time, potential path to Chief AI Officer)
Core
Build AI systems for pronunciation intelligence, including fine-tuning G2P models, developing validation pipelines, and creating context-aware ranking systems for the Namecoach product.
Role type
Founding Voice AI Engineer (Part-time)
Builds
Production pronunciation AI models, SDKs for voice integrations, and internal AI tooling/agents.
Domain
Voice AI, Speech Recognition, NLP, Pronunciation Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Fine-tuning G2P and pronunciation models, building multi-model AI validation pipelines, designing data architecture for verified entries, developing context-aware ranking systems, building MCP-style integrations and SDKs, implementing on-prem deployments, hand-transcribing IPA, building agents and automations
Preferred skills
Experience with AI-assisted development (Claude Code, Cursor, agent frameworks), publishing technical blog posts, authoring applied-ML papers, speaking at industry conferences
Technologies
G2P, LLMs, TTS providers, MCP, RAG systems, agent frameworks
Responsibilities
Fine-tune G2P and pronunciation models on proprietary datasets, build multi-model AI validation pipelines, design data architecture for verified pronunciation entries, develop context-aware ranking systems, build MCP-style integrations and SDKs, implement customer-specific on-prem deployments, build internal AI agents and operational dashboards
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC with strategic input