Audio AI/ML Engineer

Sizzle is an exciting new startup that’s changing the world of gaming.  At Sizzle, we’re building AI to automate gaming highlights, directly from Twitch and YouTube streams. We’re looking for a superstar engineer that is well versed with AI and audio technologies around audio detection, speech-to-text, interpretation, and sentiment analysis.  

You will be responsible for:

Developing audio algorithms to detect key moments within popular online games, such as:

Streamer speaking, shouting, etc.

Gunfire, explosions, and other in-game audio events

Speech-to-text and sentiment analysis of the streamer’s narration

Leveraging baseline technologies such as TensorFlow and others -- and building models on top of them

Building neural network architectures for audio analysis as it pertains to popular games

Specifying exact requirements for training data sets, and working with analysts to create the data sets

Training final models, including techniques such as transfer learning, data augmentation, etc. to optimize models for use in a production environment

Working with back-end engineers to get all of the detection algorithms into production, to automate the highlight creation

You should have the following qualities:

Solid understanding of AI frameworks and algorithms, especially pertaining to audio analysis, speech-to-text, sentiment analysis, and natural language processing

Experience using Python, TensorFlow and other AI tools

Demonstrated understanding of various algorithms for audio analysis, such as CNNs, LSTM for natural language processing, and others

Nice to have: some familiarity with AI-based audio analysis including sentiment analysis

Familiarity with AWS environments

Excited about working in a fast-changing startup environment

Willingness to learn rapidly on the job, try different things, and deliver results

Ideally a gamer or someone interested in watching gaming content online

Skills:

Machine Learning, Audio Analysis, Sentiment Analysis, Speech-To-Text, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, TensorFlow, OpenCV, AWS, Python

Work Experience:  2 years to 10 years

About Sizzle

Sizzle is building AI to automate gaming highlights, directly from Twitch and YouTube videos. Presently, there are over 700 million fans around the world that watch gaming videos on Twitch and YouTube. Sizzle is creating a new highlights experience for these fans, so they can catch up on their favorite streamers and esports leagues. Sizzle is available at http://www.sizzle.gg">www.sizzle.gg.