About Sandbar
Sandbar is an interface company in New York City. We aim to augment individuals so we can each think, act, and move more freely. Our team has built SW, ML, and HW products across Meta, CTRL-labs, Google, Apple, Fitbit, Peloton, and Equinox.
Our first product, Stream, is a self extension—a private voice ring and conversational interface. Stream has been featured in WSJ, Bloomberg, & Wired, and begins shipping in Summer '26.
Join us in creating technology that extends human thinking.
About
We’re looking for a senior ML/AI Engineer to build Stream, a new conversational interface. As an ML/AI engineer, you will architect, build, and deploy a new interface which spans voice, audio, and agentic control. This role is perfect for someone who cares deeply about real-world ML deployment and low-latency voice interactions.
Responsibilities
Design and improve user-facing experiences, including voice, audio, and agentic control.
Develop, evaluate, and deploy models spanning cloud models to resource-constrained on-device settings
Optimize inference pipelines for latency, reliability, and concurrency
Work closely with other ML/AI engineers, infrastructure engineers, designers, and cofounders on existing and future products
Qualifications
4+ years in artificial intelligence or machine learning applications
Experience shipping ML-based products is required
Experience in large-language models is required
Experience in audio / voice ML is a major plus
Comfortable writing production-grade software
Passion for human-computer interaction
FTE Benefits
Health, vision, and dental benefits
Company-sponsored 401(k)
Unlimited PTO and sick time
Early stage equity
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