Lead Software Engineer

Salary Competitive
Equity To be negotiated

Hi, we are Alvenir 👋!

We are looking for a driven software engineer to be a part of our core team. We are a start-up specializing in data-centric natural language processing, and we aim to be at the frontiers of specialized speech recognition. To succeed we need YOU to support, develop and maintain our existing and future products.

You will become part of an open-core company devout to popularizing flexible and inherently private speech recognition solutions across Europe. Our clients include both private and public organizations, and we experience a growing interest in our solutions. We have an exciting fall ahead of us and hope that you will help us meet our goals!


Your key responsibilities will include

  • Collaborating tightly with the team to continuously revise and update the product roadmap.

  • Product development, including iterating on current machine-learning modules.

  • Configuring and maintaining deployments (both public cloud, private cloud & on-prem installations).

  • Identity management and service integrations.

  • Ensuring that all mission-critical systems are kept up to date and are continuously developed.


What do we hope that you can bring to the team?

  • Team spirit and enthusiasm for being a key player in a small start-up with big ambitions.

  • 2+ years of experience from a software development (or similar) role.

  • Experience with infrastructure as code.

  • Experience with microservice architectures.

  • Understanding of cloud computing fundamentals and CI/CD principles.

  • But most importantly technical curiosity and the willingness to adapt to new technologies as we discover them along the way.


Our current tech stack includes

  • Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Helmfile.

  • Gcloud, AWS.

  • PostgreSQL, Keda, Kafka, Nginx.

  • Python, Bash.

  • Torch, Transformers, Onnx, FastAPI.


Benefits

  • Central office location at a Copenhagen startup Hub.

  • (Truly) flexible working hours and locations.

  • Private desk including docking station, multiple screens, access to GPU workstation and whatever else you might require to be the best you.

  • Access to warrants program.

  • Superb lunch option when in the office.

  • Snacks, coffee, (Fri?)day G&Ts and whatnot.


Due to the nature of being a start-up your contributions will have a direct impact and influence on our infrastructure and the development of new products. You will be in daily contact with company stakeholders, so if you’re looking for a place where the road from plan to action is short - look no further.

We value creating a space for both personal and professional growth and encourage a curious and creative mindset to bring us forward.  If most or all of the above feels like a match, please shoot us an application and we will get back to you ASAP. Applications are reviewed continuously. 

For more information or questions please contact us at martin@alvenir.ai or phone number 42654280

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Free friday beers
Free friday beers

Friday is something special, let's enjoy a beer together.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Free lunch
Free lunch

Enjoy a free catered lunch with your colleagues, every day.

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Working at
Alvenir

Alvenir is an open-core speech recognition company. Our product makes it easy for our customers to create and maintain specialized models for their speech and voice projects. We do so by pre-training industry specific foundational models that are easily adjusted and optimized when exposed to new data in the wild. We are a tech company that come with a open-source heart and have a great time doing co-funded research projects whenever possible. If there is ever a chance to be at or help push the frontier of our field we choose to do it. We are always on the lookout for new humans who wants to join the course so feel free to reach out for a coffee!

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