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See Open PositionsWe're headquartered in Rochester, NY. Our team's experience spans a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, from machine learning and math to non-profit and business. We work as a collaborative team that collectively does AI research and develops products that center accessibility.
- We offer comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
- Competitive salary and equity packages.
- Flexible Hours
- Paid Time Off
Step 1:
Submit your resume via our website
Step 2:
You’ll have a chat with one of our staff to discuss your career interests and relevant experience, and learn more about Sign-Speak story.
Step 3:
For technical roles, you’ll have a thirty-minute technical screening interview with our CTO. For operations or policy roles, you’ll get a take-home assignment. These typically involve writing responses to several role-relevant questions; they may occasionally require some outside research. Assignments usually take between 2-5 hours, depending on the role. We include this to minimize bias and make well-informed hiring decisions. We think seeing a candidate’s work helps us assess how they might actually perform on the job; similarly, the assignment gives candidates a better idea of what their work at Sign-Speak might entail. We recognize that completing work assignments requires time and effort, and that they are not perfectly reflective of the role’s work. Nonetheless, we think that work tests are a useful complement to interviews and reference checks.
Step 4:
For technical roles, you’ll have 1-2 more one-hour technical interviews, plus a culture interview. For operations or policy roles, you’ll have 1-3 hours of interviews, including a culture interview.
Step 5:
We’ll ask for some references and check them. Please note that you can ask us any questions at any point within this process.
Step 6:
We’ll make you an offer!
Things to keep in mind:
- We have several brilliant colleagues who never went to college or are college dropouts. So we do not require a degree for you to apply to any position.
- We currently do not offer internships.
- If you’ve done interesting independent research, written an insightful blog post, or made substantial contributions to open-source software, put that at the top of your resume!
- All our interviews are conducted remotely. We prefer EST office hours, but we can be flexible if that’s difficult for you.
- If interviews don’t work out this time, you’re welcome to re-apply after 12 months, and earlier if something materially changes about your experience or skills.
- If we make an offer, we’re happy to give you time to think about it and finish up any other interview processes you’re going through.
We are looking for Translators, Interpreters, and other American Sign Language (ASL) skilled individuals to provide sign language data for our developing Artificial Intelligence sign language recognition platform.
What we do.
Sign-Speak is dedicated to serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities by creating technology-based tools that will enhance the interaction between Deaf/Hard of Hearing and hearing individuals. This is being done through the development of our proprietary language platform that recognizes Sign Language and translates it into the spoken word, and vice versa.
Who we are looking for.
In ongoing efforts to enhance the development of our tools, we are seeking ASL experienced individuals to participate in data collection for our platform. This is a short-term, contract role, where qualified individuals will be expected to complete a minimum amount of data collection tasks per week and will receive payment based on the number of tasks completed. All of this information will help to inform the engineering tools that will ultimately and eventually make our platform the most effective it can be for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing community.
Candidates should minimally have the following to be considered:
- Demonstrated fluency in American Sign Language (ASL)
- A reliable and secure means to access the internet and our platforms in order to complete the data collection sessions. (includes hardware requirements of a computer, phone, or tablet that has video-capturing ability)
Location:
Remote position
Disclaimer
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) or contractors occupying this position.
Employees or contractors will be required to follow any other position-related instructions and to perform any other position-related duties requested.
The firm reserves the right to add to or revise an employee or contractor’s duties at any time at its sole discretion.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.
Job Summary
Our full-stack engineers manage our frontend, communication layer, and request ingestion within Sign-Speak, touching everything from our cutting-edge AI communication system to our data collection platform. Our UI is constantly changing with strong requirements on usability, speed, and cross-platform support. We don’t particularly care what technical stack you’re most familiar with as long as you are familiar with a standard tech stack (we’ll teach you the rest!).
Compensation
Base Salary: $120,000 - $150,000
Additional Benefits
health insurance, stock options, professional development support
Company Description
Sign-Speak is a fast-growing startup that's on a mission to improve communication between the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities and the hearing world. Our innovative language software recognizes Sign Language and translates it into spoken word, and vice versa, using Machine Learning. We're proud to have recently raised our first institutional round of funding and received an NSF grant, and we're poised for rapid growth.
At Sign-Speak, we're a fun and compassionate team, but we're also extremely hard-working. We're looking for individuals who are as dedicated to our mission as we are and who are willing to put in the effort to help us achieve our goals. If you're a highly skilled and motivated software engineer who's passionate about using technology to make the world a more accessible place, then we want to hear from you.
As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology, collaborate with a diverse and talented group of individuals, and make a real difference in people's lives. We offer a dynamic and supportive work environment that values innovation, creativity, and teamwork. If you're ready to join a team that's making a real impact in the world, then we want you to be a part of Sign-Speak.
Key Responsibilities
- Working with the business team to determine product requirements
- Transforming product requirements into UI sketches and PRDs
- Implementing and maintaining the UI and frontend to our applications
- Performing oncall for the frontend to our applications
- Integrating the frontend with our backend systems
- Some of the responsibilities within the Backend Engineer Job Description
Qualifications and Preferred Areas of Technical Experience
- Degree or relevant experience within the field
- Frameworks (this can be a solid knowledge of a framework of your choice)
- UI design and sketching
- UX and customer experience
- Product Management Concepts
- Some backend experience (preferred not required)
- Willingness to learn and work in a fast-paced environment
- Some of the fields covered in the backend
- Some knowledge of the D/HH community is always preferred (but if you don’t know this, we’ll teach you!)
Location
Preferred: New York (Remote Possible)
Equipment, Machines, and Software Used
This position requires the constant use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, etc. Must have a strong internet connection. Sign-Speak will provide a work-issued laptop and monitor.
Disclaimer
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) or contractors occupying this position.
Employees or contractors will be required to follow any other position-related instructions and to perform any other position-related duties requested.
The firm reserves the right to add to or revise an employee or contractor’s duties at any time at its sole discretion.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.
Job Summary
Backend engineers manage all of our tech infrastructure, from our cutting edge AI communication system to machine learning pipeline and our data collection platform. Our infrastructure moves fast and changes rapidly with strong requirements on reliability, throughput, and e2e latency. We don’t particularly care what technical stack you’re most familiar with as long as you are familiar with a standard tech stack (we’ll teach you the rest!). However, it is important to be ready for intense onboarding. We would like to get you, within the human ability to do so, up and running ASAP.
Compensation
Base Salary: $120,000 - $150,000
Additional Benefits
health insurance, stock options, professional development support
Company Description
Sign-Speak is a fast-growing startup that's on a mission to improve communication between the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities and the hearing world. Our innovative language software recognizes Sign Language and translates it into spoken word, and vice versa, using Machine Learning. We're proud to have recently raised our first institutional round of funding and received an NSF grant, and we're poised for rapid growth.
At Sign-Speak, we're a fun and compassionate team, but we're also extremely hard-working. We're looking for individuals who are as dedicated to our mission as we are and who are willing to put in the effort to help us achieve our goals. If you're a highly skilled and motivated software engineer who's passionate about using technology to make the world a more accessible place, then we want to hear from you
As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology, collaborate with a diverse and talented group of individuals, and make a real difference in people's lives. We offer a dynamic and supportive work environment that values innovation, creativity, and teamwork. If you're ready to join a team that's making a real impact in the world, then we want you to be a part of Sign-Speak.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining our backend systems and core infrastructure
- Expanding our systems per product requirements
- Writing and executing design documents
- Analyzing Latency to find bottlenecks and inefficiencies within our batch and realtime jobs performed by our system
- On-Call rotations
- Some of the responsibilities within the Full-Stack Job Description
Qualifications and Preferred Areas of Technical Experience
- Degree or relevant experience within the field
- Concurrent and distributed systems
- System architecture
- Databases
- Devops
- Containerization and Orchestration
- Security
- AI/ML
- 3D Graphics and Rendering Systems
- Willingness to learn and work in a fast-paced environment
- Some knowledge of the D/HH community is always preferred (but if you don’t know this, we’ll teach you!)
Location
Preferred: New York (Remote Possible)
Equipment, Machines, and Software Used
This position requires the constant use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, etc. Must have a strong internet connection. Sign-Speak will provide a work-issued laptop and monitor.
Disclaimer
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) or contractors occupying this position.
Employees or contractors will be required to follow any other position-related instructions and to perform any other position-related duties requested.
The firm reserves the right to add to or revise an employee or contractor’s duties at any time at its sole discretion.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.
Job Summary
Sign-Speak is committed to improving accessibility for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities. We achieve this through our innovative language software that recognizes sign language and translates it into spoken words, and vice versa using artificial intelligence (AI/ML).
Sign-Speak is looking for an Account Manager to lead all sales initiatives for assigned account(s) in support of our Strategic Sales organization. The Account Manager is responsible for leading the execution of sales and business development initiatives. This person will help us define, and build key customer relationships, identify business opportunities, negotiate, close business deals, and maintain extensive knowledge of current market conditions.
In this role, the account manager will collaborate with the internal team, marketing staff, product, and technology teams to make this product as valuable as possible for our stakeholders. To achieve this, they need to find potential new opportunities, present them, ultimately convert them into clients, and continue to grow the business in the future. This role will also go to industry and community events to ensure that all stakeholders stay satisfied and positive about our tools and services. They will make presentations on our technology and services that meet or predict the industry future needs.
Compensation
On-Target Earnings: $125,000 - $225,000, based on target achievements
Additional Benefits
health insurance, stock options, professional development support
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Build and grow the Sign-Speak industry connections, encouraging engagement from all stakeholders.
- Drive revenue generation and development of strategic partnerships within the assigned account(s).
- Create go-to-market strategies in partnership with product and other stakeholders.
- Must be able to grow and retain existing account(s) by providing excellent customer services
- Must have a thorough knowledge of the market, the tools/services the company can provide, and the company’s stance on the market.
- Manage complex contract negotiations and work with legal counsel as required.
- Identify new market opportunities, evaluate them, and assess their viability.
- Develop a predictable pipeline of short, mid, and long-term business for our corporate customers
- Have flexibility to participate in early-morning and late-evening conference calls and to occasionally work and/or travel on weekends/holidays
- Continuously seek opportunities to expand responsibilities and to improve pursuit teams’ chances of providing value to external stakeholders.
- Maintain and lead detailed and accurate quarterly forecasting
Travel Requirements
- Must be willing to travel. Currently scaling event presence.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- ASL proficiency and experience with the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community are preferred.
- A self-starter who is curious, proactive, and adaptable.
- A team player who is able to balance multiple work streams, collaborate effectively, and communicate clearly.
- 2 - 4 years of sales experience at a Series A-B start up, generating $10M+ ARR.
- Experience in sales methodology and process, pricing and negotiation, CRM entry management, and forecasting and planning.
- Experience with sales solutions to create efficiency in the sales process (ex. LinkedIn, Outreach, Gong, Hubspot, etc). Also able to identify solutions that will support selling in the Sign-Speak space.
- Bachelor Degree preferred.
- Must be a people person and like to have fun. C’mon, it's social!
Location
Hybrid position. New York based preferred.
Equipment, Machines and Software Used
- This position requires the constant use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, etc. Must have a strong internet connection. Sign-Speak will provide a work-issued laptop and monitor.
- Computer Software: Slack, Hubspot, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Instagram, Twitter etc.
Disclaimer
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) or contractors occupying this position.
Employees or contractors will be required to follow any other position-related instructions and to perform any other position-related duties requested.
The firm reserves the right to add to or revise an employee or contractor’s duties at any time at its sole discretion.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.