Senior ML Engineer (ASR)
Location: Berlin, Luxembourg
Hello, we are looking for a Senior/Middle ML Engineer with ASR experience (Whisper, wav2vec) and knowledge of German and English at B2 level. The company operates in the MedTech sector; the product is an AI assistant for doctors — it helps with documentation. Work in offices in Berlin or Luxembourg.
Context and product
The company has a product — an AI assistant for doctors, which is a documentation helper (not a treatment consultant). The product is already in operation and is used by hundreds of people. The task is to work on improvements.
The key focus is on self-hosted ASR models (without external APIs), their further training, and tracking SOTA.
Candidate requirements
Mandatory:
•Industrial experience with ASR (not academic, not just API calls) — at least 5 years of industrial experience (PhD does not count). Ideally 8+ years.
•Ability to retrain models, understanding of the full ML cycle (from data to production).
•Fluent in German (mandatory) — working with audio recordings of German dentists, specific vocabulary.
•Python, the Hugging Face ecosystem (transformers, vLLM for serving), experience with self-hosted models (Whisper, NeMo, ConvTran, etc.).
•Knowledge of strongly typed Python (Pydantic, etc.), async.io — a plus.
•Docker — mandatory.
•Minimum code quality
