[Remote] Sr Software Engineer, Audio Intelligence

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vivint is committed to creating a smarter, cleaner, and more connected future through innovative solutions. The Sr Audio Intelligence Engineer will build conversational and audio AI experiences for smart homes, focusing on real-time speech and audio understanding systems.ResponsibilitiesDesign and build conversational and audio AI experiences using STT, TTS, LLMs, audio understanding, and multimodal contextOptimize latency, reliability, privacy, grounding, and user experience for real-time interactionsBuild evaluation frameworks for conversational quality, task completion, audio understanding, customer satisfaction, and safetyIntegrate audio intelligence with agentic tool use, memory, personalization, and smart-home contextEvaluate and benchmark emerging speech, audio, and multimodal AI technologiesDeploy and monitor production audio and conversational AI services at scaleSkillsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI/ML, or a related technical field, and 5+ years of professional experience in software development, applied science, or ML engineering; orMaster's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI/ML, or a related technical field, and 2+ years of professional experience in software development, applied science, or ML engineeringExperience with speech-to-text, text-to-speech, audio understanding, or conversational AI systemsStrong Python software engineering skillsExperience integrating LLMs or multimodal models into production applicationsFamiliarity with prompt engineering, evaluation, conversation design, latency optimization, and cloud AI servicesExperience with Git, CI/CD, production monitoring, and cross-functional product collaborationExperience with wake word, streaming audio, real-time inference, ASR/NLU frameworks, or ambient sound classificationExperience building consumer-facing voice, assistant, smart-home, or conversational productsFamiliarity with edge AI, embedded devices, IoT, Linux-based systems, or hybrid edge/cloud architecturesExperience with privacy-aware audio systems, grounding, safety, and customer-trust mechanismsExperience with Docker, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS, or scalable AI service deploymentBenefitsAnnual bonusShort- and long-term incentivesProgram-specific awardsMedicalVisionDental401KFlexible spending accountsCompany OverviewVivint offers an integrated smart home system along with in-home consultation, professional installation, monitoring, and support. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Provo, Utah, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.vivint.com.Company H1B SponsorshipVivint has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 10 in 2025, 20 in 2024, 19 in 2023, 26 in 2022, 20 in 2021, 24 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.