David AI Labs, Inc. is hiring : Founding Audio AI Research Engineer in New York

About our Research team

As an audio data research company, we believe model capabilities come from high quality, differentiated data. David AI’s research team performs ambitious, long-term research into audio capabilities, while working with internal and external stakeholders to productionalize the latest research insights.

About this role

As a Founding Audio AI Research Engineer , you'll define the research agenda that shapes how the world's best AI labs train their audio models. You’ll have a world-class workforce of human AI trainers, compute resources, and independence to drive your roadmap.

In this role, you will

• Define and build comprehensive evaluation frameworks for audio AI capabilities across speech, emotion, conversation dynamics, and acoustic patterns.
• Research and prototype novel approaches to audio quality assessment, automated labeling, and data collection optimization.
• Design targeted data collection pipelines for novel, high-value audio capabilities
• Architect automated systems for continuous classifier improvement and prompt engineering evaluation.
• Evaluate frontier models and create actionable research directions.
• Publish findings and papers in top conferences.

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