Full-Time

Forward Deployed Engineer

AssemblyAI

AssemblyAI

51-200 employees

API-based speech transcription and analytics

No salary listed

San Francisco, CA, USA + 1 more

More locations: New York, NY, USA

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Python
React.js
SQL
Machine Learning
REST APIs
Web Development
Requirements
  • Have 4+ years of experience as a technical account manager, account manager, solutions architect, sales engineer, or technical consultant.
  • Preferred experience working with SQL, Python, React, and web development frameworks.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML tools is a strong plus.
  • Passion for AI technology and a strong desire to apply it to real-world customer challenges.
  • Ability to proactively identify opportunities for voice AI integration and create detailed execution plans.
  • Are willing to wear many hats (software engineer, product manager, account manager, and support), passionate about unblocking issues for customers, and excited about problem-solving.
  • Operate with high energy, adept at frequent context switching, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously with expansive ownership.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, ensuring their needs are met throughout their journey with AssemblyAI.
  • Evaluate customer use cases and proactively identify opportunities to integrate voice AI into their product roadmaps.
  • Manage a portfolio of technical customers, primarily communicating asynchronously and ensuring timely, high-quality support.
  • Lead commercial and project meetings, focused on demonstrating the value of our voice AI capabilities.
  • Drive growth in customer usage of the API across varying product offerings and end customer use cases.
  • Build strong connections with our customers to ensure their long-term success with our platform.
  • Act as a thought leader and customer advocate, providing insights and feedback to drive the future direction of our product roadmap.

AssemblyAI provides an API-driven Speech AI platform that converts audio and video into text and insights. Its models handle automatic transcription and add-ons like speaker diarization, sentiment analysis, and PII redaction, all delivered through scalable API endpoints so customers can integrate transcription and audio analytics into their own apps. Unlike many competitors, AssemblyAI emphasizes a combination of high accuracy, broad capabilities (including privacy-focused features), and ongoing model improvements from a research-driven team, with a subscription-based pricing model for access and data processed. The company aims to help businesses unlock voice data by turning speech into actionable information that can power products and services across tech, media, and enterprise sectors.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$113.1M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Activepieces integration expands no-code automation market.
  • Postman collection accelerates developer API testing.
  • Vercel AI SDK enables seamless Next.js transcription.

What critics are saying

  • Ruby SDK discontinuation drives users to OpenAI Whisper.
  • OpenAI Whisper v3 turbo captures real-time market in 6 months.
  • Deepgram Nova-3 poaches enterprise clients in 12 months.

What makes AssemblyAI unique

  • Universal-2 model achieves 93.3% word accuracy on noisy audio.
  • Speaker diarization improved 13% with five new languages.
  • Universal-Streaming delivers immutable transcripts in 300ms latency.

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Benefits

Competitive Salary + Bonus

Equity

401k

100% Remote team

Unlimited PTO

Premium medical, vision, & dental care

$1K budget for your home office setup

New Macbook Pro (or PC if you prefer)

2x/year company paid team retreat

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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AssemblyAI Launches Postman Collection for Enhanced API Testing

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