NLP and speech engineer jobs in California
25 open roles for NLP and speech engineers in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Mission Healthcare, Cortica, Decagon, Plaud and Artificialanalysis have the most. 1 is remote.
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Skills asked for in NLP and speech engineer roles in California
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- Speech Language Pathologist - Clinical FellowCortica · 🇺🇸Carlsbad, California, United States—
- Speech Language Pathologist (Part-Time)Cortica · 🇺🇸Carlsbad, California, United States · +1 more location—
- AI Trainer (Contractor), Voice and Speech Evaluation - USAInworld AI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, USA—RemoteLLMVPNSpreadsheets
- Voice AI Lead (Fixed-Term 6 Months)Oura · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, California$185K - $200KHybridLead and aboveLLMAISpeech AI
- Senior Software Engineer, Voice AgentsCommure · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$170K - $230KSeniorPythonLLMNLP
- Speech Language Therapist / SLP (Home Health)Mission Healthcare · 🇺🇸Modesto, CA · +3 more locations—CPRBLSPatient care
- Speech Data Transcriber (Part-Time)42dot · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, United States—
- Research Engineer, Audio and SpeechDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Member of Technical Staff (Speech)Artificialanalysis · 🇺🇸San Francisco (On-site)—Python
- Product Manager (AI Speech)Artificialanalysis · 🇺🇸San Francisco (On-site)—PythonAI
- Principal Research & Engineering, Realtime Voice AIInflection AI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, United States$400K - $550KLead and aboveLLM
- Senior Research Engineer, Audio and SpeechDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Machine Learning Engineer, Inference & Serving (Speech LLM) - San FranciscoPlaud · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$195K - $365KHybridMachine LearningLLMKubernetes
- Machine Learning Engineer, Speech LLM Training - San FranciscoPlaud · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$195K - $365KHybridMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Speech Language Pathologist (26-27)Alpha Public Schools · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States—
- Software Engineer - Voice AI (Inference Runtime)Baseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridPythonDockerMachine Learning
- Member of Technical Staff, Multimodal SpeechHark · 🇺🇸San Jose$180K - $450KMachine Learning
- Research Engineer - Audio & Speech ModelsZyphra · 🇺🇸San Francisco—PythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- AI Engineer (Natural Language Processing)Skyryse · 🇺🇸El Segundo, CA$140K - $180KLLMPyTorchTensorFlow
- Staff Software Engineer, Voice AgentDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KHybridLead and aboveLLMAI agentsSpeech AI
- Speech Language Pathologist (Part-time)Cortica · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States—HIPAAPatient care
Who is hiring for NLP and speech engineer roles in California
Where NLP and speech engineer roles in California are
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Questions about NLP and speech engineer jobs in California
- How many NLP and speech engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 25 open NLP and speech engineer jobs in California at 15 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 2 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most NLP and speech engineer jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Cortica (4), Mission Healthcare (4), Decagon (3), Artificialanalysis (2) and Plaud (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote NLP and speech engineer jobs in California?
- 1 of the 25 open NLP and speech engineer jobs in California (4%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- How is AI changing NLP and speech engineer jobs in California?
- 14 of the 25 open NLP and speech engineer jobs in California (56%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, AI. Employers still list 25 such roles today at 15 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do NLP and speech engineer jobs in California ask for?
- Most often LLM (32%), Python (28%), Machine Learning (28%), AI (24%), Speech AI (24%) of the 25 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in NLP and speech engineer jobs in California?
- Speech Language Pathologist (5), Speech Language Therapist / SLP (4), Research Engineer (2), Member of Technical Staff (2), Machine Learning Engineer (2): the most common titles among the 25 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are NLP and speech engineer jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 25 NLP and speech engineer jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 15 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 2 were posted in the last seven days. 1 (4%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for NLP and speech engineer jobs in California?
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