Job Type: Remote
Experience: 2 years
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
- Our client is currently seeking a skilled and innovative AI Engineer (Voice AI Specialist) with strong experience in Voice-to-Text (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems, particularly for African accents and dialects.
- This role focuses on building voice AI systems, training and fine-tuning models, and developing APIs for seamless integration of voice technologies.
- The ideal candidate must be based in Nigeria, proficient in Python and AI/ML libraries, and able to deploy speech technologies in real-world environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement speech AI systems (ASR and TTS) optimized for African use cases
- Train and fine-tune models using tools such as OpenAI, Whisper, Tacotron, WaveNet, etc.
- Build APIs and data pipelines for ingesting and transforming voice data
- Collaborate with engineers to deploy voice applications into production environments
- Continuously evaluate and improve speech models using real-world data
- Ensure voice systems are robust, scalable, and user-friendly.
Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years experience in AI/ML or speech engineering roles
- Advanced expertise in Voice-to-Text (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) technologies
- Proficiency in Python, with experience using PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers, etc.
- Strong understanding of NLP, speech processing, and large language models
- Hands-on experience working with OpenAI APIs or similar LLM frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to deploy and scale ML models in production
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud services is an added advantage
- Must be resident in Nigeria – remote roles will not be open to candidates abroad
- Strong communication, debugging, and problem-solving skills
- A portfolio of previous voice AI projects will be a strong advantage.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV (ensure a link to your portfolio is included) to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the email.