Applied Scientist at Dialpad — Vancouver, CAN | Base Career

About Dialpad Dialpad is the AI platform for customer experience, built to resolve customer problems in real time across voice and digital.

Our AI agents learn from your best human agents and improve with every interaction, helping organizations understand their customers, deliver better experiences, increase operational efficiencies, and build a lasting competitive advantage.

Unlike legacy systems built to route and answer, or standalone agentic bot vendors built to deflect, Dialpad was built to resolve.

Our AI agents and human agents operate on a single platform with shared context, allowing Agentic AI to resolve issues, advance deals, and eliminate busywork through automation while seamlessly handing conversations to humans when needed, with full context preserved.

Market-leading brands, including Randstad, Motorola Solutions, Netflix, the San Diego Padres, the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, and Cal Athletics, trust Dialpad.

Dialpad is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, GV, ICONIQ Capital, and T-Mobile.

Being a Dialer At Dialpad, AI isn’t just a feature; it’s how our teams do their best work every day.

We put powerful AI tools in every employee’s hands so they can move faster, think bigger, and achieve more.

We believe every conversation matters.

And we’ve built the platform that turns those conversations into insight and action, for our customers and ourselves.

We look for people who are intensely curious and hold themselves to a high bar.

Our ambition is significant, and achieving it requires a team that operates at the highest level.

We seek individuals who embody our core traits: Scrappy, Curious, Optimistic, Persistent, and Empathetic .

As an Applied Scientist at Dialpad, you'll be an integral part of our AI team, conducting R&D to power the next generation of autonomous voice agents and delivering features for transcribed voice and chat message data in the business communications domain.

We have several research themes, including developing multi-modal, real-time agentic systems that can listen, reason, and take action during live customer interactions.

you’ll bring

Master’s or PhD degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related fields.
2+ years of NLP industry experience for Master’s degree holders or 1+ years for PhD degree holders.
Demonstrated experience with machine learning, Python, PyTorch, and other relevant tools and technologies.
A broad understanding of current LLM model architectures and techniques for tuning and optimizing LLMs.
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with the capacity to handle complex technical and analytical problems.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively work in a multi-disciplinary team.
Familiarity with version control tools like Git for collaborative projects.

For exceptional talent based in British Columbia, Canada the target base salary range for this position is posted below.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

The range displayed on each job posting reflects the target range for new hire salaries for the position.

Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in British Columbia role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

Work at the center of the AI transformation in business communications
Build and ship agentic AI products that are redefining how companies operate
Join a team where AI amplifies every employee’s impact
Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and real opportunities for growth

We believe in investing in our people.

Dialpad offers competitive benefits and perks, cutting-edge AI tools, and a robust training program that help you reach your full potential.

We have designed our offices to be inclusive, offering a vibrant environment to cultivate collaboration and connection.

Our exceptional culture, repeatedly recognized as a Great Place to Work , ensures that every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute to our collective success.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

If you’re excited about this role and possess the fundamental traits, drive, and strong ambition we seek, but your experience doesn’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply.

Dialpad is an equal-opportunity employer.

We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment.

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