Senior AI Engineer - Voice AI & Health Data

Spike Technologies Inc. is a VC-backed hyper growth B2B Agentic AI and health data startup founded in 2022, split between San Francisco, California, and Vilnius, Lithuania. Spike provides a multimodal Voice AI-powered platform designed to eliminate administrative burden in the healthcare industry. The company serves a diverse client base across healthcare, government, digital health and health insurance sector.

As an AI Engineer in Spike AI team, you will build the systems at the forefront of GenAI and Voice recognition and synthesis for real-time agentic use-cases. You will be operational in optimizing the software for low latency while maintaining flexibility, accuracy, scalability and compliance in Health care workflows.

Core Responsibilities:

• Optimize the voice AI platform for lower latency and improved scalability using open-source technologies.
• Develop interfaces and parallel processing for connecting system components (STT, VAD, LLMs, TTS, external APIs).
• Implement data synchronization mechanisms for voice and text streams in parallel workflows.
• Create abstraction layers for LLM usage, balancing cost, performance, and accuracy.
• Enhance internal tools for system observability, monitoring, and data inspection at scale.
• Build integrations to connect clinical workflows with our systems.
• Improve the software infrastructure for model fine-tuning and deployment.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills, with an aptitude for tackling complex technical challenges.
• Proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and concepts.
• High degree of initiative and a strong sense of ownership over project outcomes.

Good to have (at least one)

• Experience with video or audio streaming, or low latency image processing software development
• Experience maintaining and scaling websockets
• Personal projects demonstrating your mathematical skills

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• Contributions to open source software

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and stock options package with a significant upside.
• Hybrid working model (offices in Vilnius, Lithuania and Palo Alto, CA)
• USA work visa sponsorship and relocation to Silicon Valley HQ where applicable
• Dynamic growth: dive into AI and Data tech, seizing high-growth opportunities with cutting-edge projects.
• Talented peers: collaborate with a smart, ambitious team comprising data scientists, PhDs, Cambridge alumni, and tech industry pros (formerly from Bloomberg, Amazon, and Google).
• Solid backing: enjoy stability and ample resources for success, supported by reputable venture capitalists.

At Spike Technologies, diversity is celebrated, and inclusion is our priority. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to join our innovative team and contribute to our inclusive culture.

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