About ASAPP

ASAPP is dedicated to delivering the most advanced AI-powered customer experiences at unmatched speed. Guided by principles such as customer obsession, purposeful execution, ownership, and outcome-focused innovation, ASAPP fosters a collaborative environment where skilled teams work together to solve complex challenges.

With a global presence across New York City, Mountain View, Latin America, and India, ASAPP embraces hybrid and remote work to connect top talent worldwide. Joining ASAPP means embarking on a journey of continuous learning, rapid adaptation, and impactful problem-solving in a high-growth startup setting.

Role Overview

As a Research Engineer at ASAPP, you will advance AI research to develop domain-specific, real-world solutions. Leveraging extensive product data and deployment capabilities, you will address fundamental research questions that shape ASAPP's offerings.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evaluate innovative AI techniques to enhance product capabilities.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams during research and implementation phases.
• Build and maintain research datasets, infrastructure, and toolkits.
• Identify and pursue impactful research opportunities in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Machine Learning or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven academic or industry research experience.
• Strong curiosity and persistence in solving complex research problems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a diverse, fast-paced team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Peer-reviewed publications in machine learning.
• Strong software engineering background.
• Experience in speech systems research and engineering.
• Expertise in fine-tuning large language models (LLMs).
• Ability to maintain a positive, professional, and productive team atmosphere.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options.
• Health insurance through ICICI Lombard General Insurance Ltd.
• Onsite lunch & dinner stipend.
• Mobile and internet connectivity stipend.
• Wellness perks.
• Mac equipment provided.
• Learning & development stipend.
• Parental leave, including six weeks paternity leave.

Equal Opportunity

ASAPP is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.