As a Research Scientist at Cobalt Speech and Language, you will have the opportunity to architect and implement novel natural language processing (NLP) products as Principal Investigator on U.S.-government-funded projects. Cobalt is a collaborative team of world-class speech scientists and engineers working from their home offices around the world. You will engage with our team to leverage our state of the art speech recognition and dialogue system capabilities. We are seeking a researcher who can synthesize the latest NLP techniques in practical real-world applications, shepherding projects from conception and design, through building and testing, and into deployment. The successful candidate will be: Familiar with machine learning (ML) techniques, ideally in NLP applications. Experience in at least one of the deep learning toolkits (TensorFlow, PyTorch, kaldi, etc.) is a plus. Experienced in selecting the appropriate ML algorithm for a task, understanding feature extraction, neural network architectures, and appropriate cost functions. Able to perform data and error analysis in order to improve ML models and understand their shortcomings. Experienced with real-world data sets and the preparation of such data for ML training. Proficient at coding in one or more scripting languages (e.g. Python, bash scripting). Willing to learn to code effectively in Go. Prior Go experience is not required, but adaptability and demonstrated ability to learn a new coding language is essential. Self-motivated and proactive. Able to collaborate effectively with a virtual team. Authorized to work in the U.S. (citizen or green card holder) Education: M.S. or B.S and equivalent experience in a relevant field (Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, etc.)