Position: Data Scientist
Company: Intersog
Category: Data Science
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2020-05-01T00:00:00+03:00

Intersog® is a Chicago-based provider of ROI-driven custom web and mobile development specializing in the delivery of full-service, end-to-end solutions, and project resources to Fortune 500 companies, SMEs, and startups. We help our clients attack their ambitious business goals, solve skills shortage issues and become innovative by building Dedicated Software Development Teams in Ukraine and/or providing on-demand IT project resources to complete required skills on their in-house teams.

Our primary goal in partnering with our clients is to exceed their expectations and foster an ongoing relationship that envelopes innovation, industry leadership, and business strategy while delivering products that bring exceptional user experience, brand elevation, and market dominance.

We are looking for a strong **Data Scientist** to work for our Israel client on a project related to speech recognition with the main goal to help people with speech disabilities.


**Requirements:**

- Strong programming and software engineering skills in C++ and Python;
- 5+ years developing speech and language processing algorithms;
- Experience with DNN frameworks as PyTorch, or TensorFlow;
- Experience with data augmentation techniques for speech processing;
- Experience with transfer learning in the speech domain;
- Experience with phonetics;
- Passion for using data science to improve society and wellbeing;
- At least an Upper-intermediate English level (written and spoken).


**Responsibilities:**

- Develop and implement (productize) automatic speech recognition solutions;
- Develop and implement (productize) multi-threaded signal processing algorithmic and application modules;
- Design system architecture of machine learning solutions, including deep neural networks;
- Identify and analyze attributes that contribute to impaired speech voice recognition performance;
- Adapt existing state-of-the-art machine learning solutions with an emphasis on deep neural network approaches;
- Lead advanced technology work in speech processing;
- Support development of objective and automated testing tools.


**We offer:**

- Competitive compensation based on your skills, experience, and customer satisfaction;
- Opportunity to work on challenging and exciting international projects;
- Flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely when needed;
- Regular performance evaluation twice a year;
- Long-term contract with 20-25 paid time off working days (for vacation, sick and personal leave);
- Corporate English courses from A1 to C1 level and monthly English speaking clubs;
- Compensation of professional conference attendance according to the corporate policy;
- Compensation of medical insurance/gym according to the corporate policy;
- Casual, friendly and family work environment, flat organizational structure;
- Regular knowledge sharing meetups and various corporate events (such as the company’s Birthday celebration and summer family party);
- Pleasant surprises for newcomers and recognition for everyone  who passed the trial period;
- Newborn and wedding bonuses;
- Gameroom with a lounge zone, PlayStation and sports equipment;
- Travel and visa assistance for employees;
- Coffee, cookies, nuts and dried fruits for a productive day;
- Friday brunches with fresh bakery;
- Special offers for drinks and snacks for employees;
- Yoga lessons (Odessa);
- Secure bike storage (Odessa).