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Founding Research Scientist

Miso Labs
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/12/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/9/2026
At Miso Labs, our goal is to pass the voice Turing test. In order to do so, we must move beyond the current STT->LLM->TTS paradigm, and train full-duplex speech-to-speech models. This requires exploring new architectural ideas, and scaling them rapidly.

We’ve raised a large seed round from top investors and are hiring our founding research team. We’re a small team, so you can expect to work on every part of the model training stack from small-scale architecture experiments, to large pre-training runs on up to 1000 H100s. We are an in-person culture in San Francisco, and you will be expected to relocate to the SF area (we will cover the moving costs).

It is important to us that team members get credit for their work. Outside of our core IP, researchers are encouraged to publish their work at Miso Labs in conferences and on open source, and we are happy to sponsor travel to top conferences in AI/ML.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Have a Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics etc.) or equivalent experience
  • Excited to work on all aspects of model training and development
  • Are comfortable with both research and hands-on engineering
  • Are capable of owning long-term research outcomes end-to-end
  • Willing to learn technical skills quickly, in a self-directed manner
  • Prior experience with both PyTorch and CUDA

If you’re interested in this role, please apply even if you don’t fit all the qualifications. We’re more interested in evidence of exceptional ability than prior experience in deep learning/AI.

This Role Comes With Full Benefits Including

  • Healthcare, vision, and dental
  • Stipend for gym
  • Relocation bonus

Salary : $400,000 - $500,000

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