Job Description

A Moving Experience.

As a Text-To- Speech (TTS) Software Engineer you help shape the future of computer voices at

Cerence. Our TTS voices are speaking to you from your car's infotainment system, mobile assistants and interactive telephony systems.

We build and maintain technology for embedded and cloud based TTS applications and support 140+ voices in 60+ different languages. Our software stack is built on C, C++, Python and Java, and we use Python and Java for testing frameworks and tools. We develop and maintain our TTS products in sprints, and continuously build and test them using Jenkins. We deploy TTS services from Docker images on our cloud.

Responsibilities

• You are a member of the TTS Engineering team and have a primary role as DevOps engineer.
• Your mission is to develop and improve our software development and release processes and infrastructure.
• You automate and streamline our software build, test and release processes and tools.
• That includes but is not limited to setting up Jenkins pipelines, deploying artifacts with Artifactory, and advancing our containerization roadmap.
• You are comfortable working with tools such as Jenkins, Docker, VMware ESX, Artifactory and BitBucket to enable fast delivery and testing of our core products.
• As a sr. software engineer you design a solution for a given problem, and you work with teammates to implement the selected approach.

Qualifications

5-8 years of work experience in Software Engineering

Preferably you are B.Tech or equivalent in computer science or related field.

Experience with CI/CD frameworks like Jenkins for building pipelines to build, test and deploy a software service.

Experience with cloud infrastructure (containers and orchestration framework) like Docker and K8S.

Fluency in automation of processes and procedures e.g. through Python scripting.

A solid understanding of software quality and processes leading to high quality software.

Passion for software engineering and software automation.

The desire to grow yourself and have a maximum impact on the team, the product and the company

Speaking and writing English fluently. Knowledge of additional languages is a plus.

The will and ability to function in a team spread across the globe.

Preferred skills

Experience with version control systems (e.g. Mercurial, Clearcase, SVN).

Experience with build tools (e.g. Maven, SCons, CMake, Gradle)

Experience with ticketing systems (e.g. Fogbugz, Jira)

Programming experience on different platforms (Windows, Linux) is a plus.

Experience with embedded platforms for automotive and mobile is a plus.

Eager to learn about TTS, and natural language understanding (NLU).

SOME IMPORTANT POINTS:

• The candidate should be ok with working in Hybrid Mode. Its mandatory.
• The Job Location is Hinjewadi Phase 1.
• Early Joiners are most welcome.
• The candidate should be technically strong as the Company is Product Organization (Cerence, Inc.)

Cerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC and ) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world's leading automakers - from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC - to transform how a car feels, responds and learns. Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 325 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.

As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence's passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications. Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

All prospective and current Employees need to remain vigilant when it comes to executing security policies in the workplace. This includes:

- Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.
- Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.
- Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.
- Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.
- Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.

- Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (e.g., how to protect data & how to be handling this data).

- Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs.