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Forward Deployed Engineer, Production (Audio AI Data)

david-ai • United States
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Own the loop between customer AI models and data production, designing experiments to improve model performance by adjusting data collection, quality, and tooling. Requires AI-native engineering, strong problem-solving, and ability to translate research into actionable engineering changes. Must thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a focus on end-to-end ownership of data pipelines and model evaluation.

Key Highlights
Own the loop between customer AI models and data production to improve model performance via data adjustments.
Design experiments, ablations, and benchmarks to drive operational changes in data collection and quality.
Build tooling and pipelines to accelerate experimentation and evaluation across all customers.

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Key Responsibilities
Run daily experiments to measure and improve customer model performance via data adjustments.
Design and implement ablations/benchmarks to isolate factors affecting model behavior.
Develop operational intuition for data quality, tracing model outcomes to recording/annotation/QA issues.
Build tooling (eval harnesses, pipelines, analysis tools) to accelerate experimentation.
Close the loop between research findings and data production to continuously improve models.
Shape experimentation practices, engineering culture, and team roadmap.
Technical Skills Required
Machine Learning Engineering Data Pipeline Development Audio/Speech Data Processing

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Benefits & Perks
Unlimited PTO
Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage (100% coverage for most plans)
401k access
Meals twice daily (DoorDash) + snacks/beverages at office
Unlimited company-sponsored Barry’s classes
Visa sponsorship for international candidates (H-1B, O-1, E-3, TN, STEM OPT)

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Nice to Have
3+ years of ML/product engineering experience
Degree in CS/Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Experience with audio/speech models or signal data
Familiarity with ML research workflows (training, fine-tuning, evaluation)
Direct experience working with technical/enterprise customers

Job Description

About David AI

David AI is the first audio data research company. We bring an R&D approach to data—developing datasets with the same rigor AI labs bring to models. Our mission is to bring AI into the real world, and we believe audio is the gateway.

About this role

We generate audio data for the world’s leading speech and audio labs. Data only matters if it makes a customer’s model measurably better, and finding out whether it does is your job. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, Production, you’ll own the loop between a customer’s model, our research team, and our data production.

In this role, you will:

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Job Overview
Posted Nov 11, 2026
Employment Full-time
Experience Mid-Senior level
Location United States
Category Programming
Company david-ai
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