Tavus · 4 months ago
AI Researcher (Voice)
San Francisco
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $250K/yrTavus is a research lab pioneering human computing, aiming to create AI Humans that facilitate meaningful interactions between people and machines. They are seeking a Senior Researcher to lead research on generative video and audio models, collaborate with the Applied ML team, and stay updated with advancements in the field.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer PlatformGenerative AISoftwareVideo
Responsibilities
Lead research efforts on generative video and audio models (ex: text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, audio-to-expression and other speech and multimodal AI topics)
Work with the Applied ML team to help productionize our research
Stay relevant with the latest advancements (and help us create the latest advancements!)
Qualification
Required
Have proven experience with flow matching, diffusion models, auto regressive networks in the audio domain
Have experience training deep learning models: from medium-sized to large models
Have experience building streaming text-to-speech models or speech-to-speech models
Have strong foundations in audio modeling and demonstrated ability to innovate rapidly through prototyping
Know state-of-the-art architectures in representation learning: audio or image domain, face animation (in addition to having a deep understanding of the direct field of expertise above)
Have excellent programming skills and be fluent in PyTorch
Show evidence of original research, with publications in top-tier or solid second-tier venues (e.g., CVPR, NeurIPS, BMVC or equivalent)
Be excited about building lifelike, expressive avatars for real-time applications
Preferred
Skills in 3D graphics, Gaussian splatting
Other, additional experience with generative models
PhD or equivalent experience preferred
Experience leading research teams
Knowledge of best practices in Software Development
Benefits
Flexible work schedule
Unlimited PTO
Competitive healthcare
Gear stipends
Company
Tavus
Tavus develops AI humans that remember and empathize, enabling seamless transitions across chat, voice, and video.
Founded in 2020
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$64.22MKey Investors
CRVScale Venture PartnersSequoia Capital
2025-11-12Series B· $40M
2023-08-29Series A· $18M
2023-03-20Seed· $6.1M
Leadership Team
Hassaan Raza
Co-Founder / CEO
Quinn Favret
Co-Founder, COO
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