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Microsoft Corporation Principal Software Engineer- Text to Speech in Beijing, China
Do you want to change the way the world interacts with computers? Do you want to be part of a team that pushes the Natural User Experience to the next level? Do you dream that one day, our world will be populated by robots that will help to do our jobs? Do you want to challenge yourself by innovating in an area that is new to Microsoft yet is an important strategic bet? Do you want to make Microsoft products not only accessible, but highly-functional to all the users on the world?
As both computational horsepower and storage capacity reach unprecedented levels, the human race is getting closer and closer to that dream of the natural user interface. Each day we are stepping closer toward being able to interact with computers the same way we interact with another human being.
The Azure speech output team’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to have human like, diverse and delightful AI voices!
Responsibilities
The speech output team is looking for a motivated, self-driven software development engineer to drive the development of speech engines and core technology / platforms. Responsibilities include
Develop voice assistant platform for intelligent cars.
Strong coding skills for service and client development
Understand AI technology like ASR/TTS/LU and be able to optimize/debug the systems
Qualifications
Qualifications
Minimum of 8 years experiences working in AI / speech / NLP related domains
Effective communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment
Be flexible to learn new technology with growth mindset including both engineering and modelling
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