Principal Engineer – AI / ML (Speech, Voice & GenAI Architecture)

Overview

Principal Engineer – AI/ML (Speech, Voice & GenAI Architecture) to lead the technical direction for an AI-powered voice and speech platform.

What you'll do

• Lead technical architecture for AI-powered voice and speech applications.
• Evaluate and recommend AI models for speech recognition, transcription, translation, summarization, and conversational AI.
• Design and build scalable backend services using Java and Python.
• Work with Azure AI services including Speech Services, Azure Voice Live API, and Azure OpenAI.
• Design low-latency, real-time speech processing pipelines.
• Mentor engineers and guide architecture and implementation decisions.

What you'll need

• 14+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong backend development experience in Java.
• Working knowledge of Python for AI/ML integration and experimentation.
• Experience building cloud-based applications on Microsoft Azure or a similar cloud platform.
• Experience with AI/ML services such as speech recognition, LLMs, or conversational AI.

Nice to have

• Experience with Azure Voice Live API.
• Experience with Azure Speech Services.
• Experience with Azure OpenAI.
• Experience with real-time speech transcription or conversational AI/voice assistants.
• Experience with LLMs and AI model evaluation/selection.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications.
• Healthcare or enterprise software development experience.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Work mode: Hybrid or Onsite.
• Travel percentage: 10%.