Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) – French

Team: Others

Location: Canada

Commitment: Contract

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Edit and process French voice recordings for use in text-to-speech (TTS), speech recognition, and other speech AI systems.
• Perform detailed audio cleanup, including silence trimming, breath reduction, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction.
• Conduct comprehensive quality assurance checks for clipping, distortion, background noise, unwanted artifacts, and loudness consistency.
• Ensure processed recordings meet strict technical specifications and quality standards required for machine learning training pipelines.
• Evaluate French recordings for pronunciation accuracy, fluency, naturalness, pacing, and other language-specific speech characteristics.
• Identify and correct technical inconsistencies and audio defects that could negatively affect dataset or model quality.
• Collaborate with teams working on French speech datasets, voice recordings, and AI model training workflows.
• Manage and review high-volume audio files while maintaining consistent quality across datasets and assignments.

Requirements:

• Native or near-native French proficiency, with highly developed listening skills and strong intuition for French pronunciation and speech nuances.
• Demonstrated experience editing speech, voice, or dialogue recordings.
• Strong understanding of professional speech-audio quality standards and technical requirements.
• Hands-on experience with professional audio tools such as iZotope RX and Pro Tools.
• Ability to identify, diagnose, and correct audio artifacts, inconsistencies, noise, distortion, and other technical defects.
• Experience working with high-volume audio datasets or large-scale recording projects.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain consistent quality across repetitive or high-volume workflows.
• Experience with TTS vendors or platforms is preferred.
• Previous involvement in speech machine learning, voice AI, dataset creation, or annotation workflows is an advantage.
• Familiarity with audio quality-assurance pipelines and processes is preferred.
• Experience directing or editing recordings involving French-speaking voice talent is a plus.

Benefits:

• Competitive contract compensation of $50 per hour.
• Fully remote work environment.
• Flexible opportunity to contribute within a collaborative, distributed team.
• Hands-on involvement in speech AI, TTS, and machine learning projects.
• Opportunity to apply specialized French-language and audio-engineering expertise to emerging AI technologies.
• Exposure to large-scale speech datasets and modern AI model-training workflows.
• Meaningful contribution to improving the quality, naturalness, and reliability of French-language voice AI.