AI Engineer (Speech & NLP Systems)

Our mission
Ivy Partners is a consulting firm based in Switzerland that helps businesses navigate strategic, technological, and organizational challenges.
We are committed to offering our employees a career that promotes both personal and professional development. We support them in enhancing their skills and provide genuine career advancement opportunities.

As an AI Engineer (Speech & NLP Systems) at Ivy Partners, you will:
- Develop and integrate end-to-end speech and NLP pipelines, including ASR (Automated Speech Recognition), NLU (Natural Language Understanding), and intent/slot models, to enable natural and reliable interactions within our platforms.
- Focus on improving system resilience across various noise conditions, accents, and diverse real-world usage scenarios, while supporting language understanding and dialog behavior.
- Optimize models for latency and resource constraints, define evaluation strategies for speech and NLP quality, and collaborate with QA and platform teams to ensure that solutions are production-ready for constrained or embedded environments. 

About You
You are our ideal candidate if:
- You have strong experience with speech or NLP systems and hands-on knowledge of ASR and NLU pipelines.
- You are skilled in Python and familiar with ML frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch.
- You possess practical knowledge in model evaluation, dataset curation, and are aware of the constraints involved in real-world deployments.
- You have previously worked with voice assistants or conversational systems, and perhaps even have experience in Edge AI or embedded ML.
- Multilingual or locale-specific NLP experience would be a distinct advantage.

Why join Ivy Partners?
Care | We care about our employees by creating a supportive environment where everyone is valued and empowered with training and growth prospects.
Trust | We believe in building strong and long-lasting relationships with our clients. Working with us is about establishing a partnership based on trust, professionalism, and transparency at all times.
Innovation | We empower effective digital transformation through a unique blend of innovative technology and creative thinking.
Responsibility | Community is at the heart of everything we do, and we take that responsibility seriously by working hard to create a positive impact.