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Oddin.gg · 1 month ago

Research Scientist for Speech Synthesis

Valka.ai

Contract

Hybrid

Senior Level

Valka, a spin-off from Oddin, is revolutionizing digital content creation with a focus on interactive human-digital platforms. They are seeking an experienced Applied Research Scientist for Speech Synthesis to develop innovative text-to-speech and voice cloning models, contributing to the full machine learning workflow.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)eSportsGamblingMachine Learning

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and optimize text-to-speech models with a focus on maintaining the style and authenticity of the original voice actors

Collaborate with teams to work on audio datasets that include voice recordings and multilingual transcriptions

Experiment with state-of-the-art architectures for speech synthesis, including neural TTS and voice cloning models

Define robust validation strategies and implement custom evaluation metrics comparing synthetic vs. real gameplay

Contribute to foundational MLOps practices and infrastructure; from experiment tracking, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and versioning

Qualification

Deep learning frameworksText-to-speech modelsVoice cloning modelsAudio processingSpeech synthesis modelsTransformersDiffusion modelsImplement research ideasMachine learning fundamentalsProgramming skills