Audio AI Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Feb 2026 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High score based on competitive compensation, advanced role specifications, and innovative project involvement.
- Competitive salary assurance: $127,700 - $255,400/year
- Engagement in pioneering AI projects
- Focus on professional growth and innovation
Pros
- Strong compensation package ($127,700 to $255,400/year)
- Opportunities to influence cutting-edge AI communication technologies
- Diverse workplace with a strong focus on employee development
Cons
- High technical and educational demands may limit applicant pool
- Potentially challenging collaboration across time zones
- The job may be demanding due to the fast-paced environment
Who it's for
Senior / Expert • Hybrid / Remote.
Good fit
- Experts in audio engineering and AI
- Those looking for challenging and influential roles
- Individuals excited about developing real-time audio solutions
Not recommended for
- Entry-level job seekers with no technical background
- Individuals disinterested in collaborative technical work
- Candidates averse to ongoing learning and adaptation
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Audio AI Engineer
Engineering (EN)
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Audio AI Engineer
- San Jose, California, United States
- Full time
Audio AI Engineer
What you can expect
As an Audio AI Engineer, you will research and develop algorithms for accent conversion, voice conversion, speech synthesis, and speech recognition on low-latency streaming architectures. You’ll prototype and refine end-to-end audio models that enhance intelligibility and naturalness while maintaining speaker identity. Working closely with product and platform teams, you’ll help bring these models into real-time communication systems. You will also evaluate and optimize model performance across dimensions such as quality, latency, and scalability. Staying current with advances in speech processing, you’ll contribute to innovation through patents and internal knowledge sharing.
About the Team
Zoom's Audio team develops real-time audio features based on AI algorithms. Members of the team are spread worldwide, including the U.S., China and Singapore.
Responsibilities
Researching, designing, and developing algorithms for accent conversion, voice conversion, speech synthesis, and automatic speech recognition, focusing on low-latency streaming architectures
Prototyping end-to-end audio models that enhance intelligibility and naturalness while preserving speaker identity and expressiveness.
Collaborating closely with product and platform teams to integrate models into real-time video and audio communication systems.
Analyzing and optimizing model performance across speech quality, latency, robustness, and scalability dimensions.
Staying current with the latest developments in speech processing research, and contribute to the community through patents, and internal knowledge sharing.
What we’re looking for
Hold a PhD or equivalent experience in a relevant field in Streaming, Voice Conversion, TTS, or ASR.
Show proficiency in deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Demonstrate effective programming skills in Python, C/C++, or similar languages.
Have an understanding of sequence modeling architectures (Transformers, RNNs, diffusion models, or conformers).
Demonstrate experience developing and deploying low-latency, real-time speech or audio models with streaming architectures and optimized pipelines.
Show familiarity with model compression and acceleration techniques, including quantization, pruning, and distillation.
Exhibit experience working with real-time audio systems in networked communication environments.
Publish in top-tier conferences such as ICASSP, INTERSPEECH, NeurIPS, and ICLR.
Must be fluent in Mandarin
Salary Range or On Target Earnings:
Minimum:
$127,700.00Maximum:
$255,400.00In addition to the base salary and/or OTE listed Zoom has a Total Direct Compensation philosophy that takes into consideration; base salary, bonus and equity value.
Note: Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience.
We also have a location based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in this and other locations
At Zoom, we offer a window of at least 5 days for you to apply because we believe in giving you every opportunity. Below is the potential closing date, just in case you want to mark it on your calendar. We look forward to receiving your application!
Anticipated Position Close Date:
Ways of Working
Our structured hybrid approach is centered around our offices and remote work environments. The work style of each role, Hybrid, Remote, or In-Person is indicated in the job description/posting.
Benefits
As part of our award-winning workplace culture and commitment to delivering happiness, our benefits program offers a variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health; support work-life balance; and contribute to their community in meaningful ways. Click Learn for more information.
About Us
Zoomies help people stay connected so they can get more done together. We set out to build the best collaboration platform for the enterprise, and today help people communicate better with products like Zoom Contact Center, Zoom Phone, Zoom Events, Zoom Apps, Zoom Rooms, and Zoom Webinars.
We’re problem-solvers, working at a fast pace to design solutions with our customers and users in mind. Find room to grow with opportunities to stretch your skills and advance your career in a collaborative, growth-focused environment.
Our Commitment
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