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Are you motivated to further develop our smart speech technology for people with a voice disorder?

Change lives with Whispp

Apply for an open position or send an open application to info@whispp.com

Marketing Communication Student

Student level – part time – Leiden

About Whispp 

There are millions of people worldwide who stutter severely or suffer from a voice disorder. However, they have in common that they can whisper in a clear and relaxed way. That is why the Leiden startup Whispp is developing unique AI speech technology and a communication app that converts whispered speech into the person’s natural voice, with the intonation and emotion you intended and without delay.

Working at Whispp means being part of a highly innovative and impact driven tech startup with a creative and international team. We enjoy the collaborative atmosphere and tasty lunches at our office in the startup incubator PLNT in the center of Leiden.

For more info about Whispp and our products see www.whispp.com. 

Responsibilities 

As a hands-on working student you help Whispp to the next phase. You help the marketing team with the execution of the content strategy. You create content, manage the content calendar and take responsibility for making Whispp heard well on social media. In addition, you support us to talk online and offline with the various target groups.

    Our candidate is..

    – 3rd or 4th year student, preferably with marketing knowledge and experience

    – A good and fast writer in Dutch and English, preferably an additional language

    – Experienced with social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Insta)

    – Handy with IT systems (customer and marketing tools)

    – Interested or has an affinity with inclusion, voice and speech disorders and/or (speech) technology and AI

    – Available at short notice for 8-16 hours per week, minimum for a period of 5 months

     

    What we offer:

    – Flexible working hours

    – Hourly rate of €12.50

    – Tasty lunches + cozy drinks at PLNT on Thursdays

    Interested? Fill out this form:

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    iOS Developer & IT lead

    Medior level – Full time – Leiden

    About Whispp 

    The Leiden based startup Whispp develops proprietary AI speech technology that converts whispered speech and vocal cord impaired speech into the person’s natural voice, wíth the intonation and emotion you intended, in real time. 

    Whispp initially originates in the idea to empower millions of people who suffer from a voice disorder or stutter severely. People who stutter severely speak much more relaxed and fluently when they whisper. 

    Besides being valuable food patient users, we envision Whispp as a licensable enabling technology for many other mass market and B2B use cases. For example enabling phone & video calls with more privacy and not disturbing others around. 

    Working at Whispp means being part of a highly innovative and an impact driven tech startup with a creative international team. We enjoy the vibrant atmosphere and nice lunches at our office in the startup incubator www.plnt.nl in the city centre of Leiden. 

    For more info about Whispp and our products see www.whispp.com. 

    Responsibilities 

    As an iOS Developer, you will be responsible for further development of the iOS Whispp app which is integrated with a scalable real-time speech communications platform. 

    • Integrating with a selected 3rd party communication platforms (CPaaS, WebRTC) 
    • Integrating with secure authentication backend and payment services 
    • Integrating custom on-device audio processing binaries in the app 
    • Professionalizing and managing the entire iOS development cycle (develop, experiment, QA, distribute on TestFlight and App Store) 

     

    As the IT lead, you will be responsible for: 

    • Leading a team of 3-4 junior/medio developers on a day-to-day basis 
    • Having the overview of the entire Whispp IT landscape and developing the IT roadmap in close collaboration with Whispp’s CTO and the other team members. 
    • Play a leading role in strategic IT and architecture decisions  
    • Leading the outsourced development project for replicating the iOS app to an Android app 

    Requirements 

    • 6+ years experience of iOS/mobile app development 
    • Experience being on successful iOS projects 
    • An in-depth knowledge of Swift 
    • Experience with deploying SaaS products and mobile solutions 
    • Eager and able to quickly master new technologies 
    • Have a feeling for making a good UI/design 
    • Experience with mobile app security best practices 

    Nice to haves 

    • Experience in guiding a (small) team  
    • Experience with developing for Android is a plus 
    • Experience in deploying and maintaining real-time and global scalable IT infrastructures 
    • Knowledge of C/C++ (or other cross-platform languages like Rust) is a plus 
    • Knowledge of developing scalable real-time speech communication platforms is a plus 

     

    Please respond via LinkedIn and feel free to send an additional motivation to Akash Raj, CTO of Whispp via akash@whispp.com. 

     

    Find more information on Whispp on our website www.whispp.com 

    No recruiters or freelancers. 

    iOS Developer

    Junior/Medior level – Full time – Leiden

    About Whispp 

    The Leiden based startup Whispp develops proprietary AI speech technology that converts whispered speech and vocal cord impaired speech into the person’s natural voice, wíth the intonation and emotion you intended, in real time. 

    Whispp initially originates in the idea to empower millions of people who suffer from a voice disorder or stutter severely. People who stutter severely speak much more relaxed and fluently when they whisper. 

    Besides being valuable food patient users, we envision Whispp as a licensable enabling technology for many other mass market and B2B use cases. For example enabling phone & video calls with more privacy and not disturbing others around. 

    Working at Whispp means being part of a highly innovative and an impact driven tech startup with a creative international team. We enjoy the vibrant atmosphere and nice lunches at our office in the startup incubator www.plnt.nl in the city centre of Leiden. 

    For more info about Whispp and our products see www.whispp.com. 

     

    Responsibilities 

    As an iOS Developer, you will be responsible for developing the iOS Whispp app which will be integrated with a scalable real-time speech communications platform. 

    • Designing the customer journey, app flow and helping to design a good user interface & experience 
    • Integrating with a selected 3rd party communication platforms (CPaaS, WebRTC) 
    • Integrating custom on-device audio processing binaries in the app 
    • Integrating with secure authentication backend and payment services 
    • Professionalizing and managing the entire iOS development cycle (develop, experiment, QA, distribute on TestFlight and App Store) 

    Requirements 

    • 4+ years experience of iOS/mobile app development 
    • Experience being on successful iOS projects  
    • An in-depth knowledge of Swift 
    • Have a feeling for making a good UI/design 
    • Experience with mobile app security best practices 

    Nice to haves 

    • Have one or more apps published in the App Store 
    • Experience with developing for Android is a plus 
    • Knowledge of real-time on-device audio processing is a plus 
    • Knowledge of C/C++ (or other cross-platform languages like Rust) is a plus 
    • Knowledge of developing scalable real-time speech communication platforms is a plus 

    Please respond via LinkedIn and feel free to send an additional motivation to Akash Raj, CTO of Whispp via akash@whispp.com. 

    Find more information on Whispp on our website www.whispp.com 

    No recruiters or freelancers. 

    Speech Technology AI Developer & Researcher

    Junior/Medior level – Full time – Leiden

    Working at Whispp means being part of a highly innovative and impact driven tech startup with a creative international team. We enjoy the collaborative atmosphere and nice lunches at our office in the startup incubator www.plnt.nl in the city center of Leiden.

    Responsibilities

    Research and development of state of the art speech analysis, conversion and synthesis models

    Requirements

    • Master’s in AI, Data Science or Computer Science. PhD is a plus
    • Background in Deep Learning, automatic speech recognition and audio synthesis
    • Proficiency in Python and experience with PyTorch
    • Experience in building the pipelines for AI development

    Nice to have

    • Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
    • Experience with low latency models
    • Experience with C++

    Find more information on Whispp on our website www.whispp.com

    Please send your application and resume to Joris Castermans, founder and CEO of Whispp joris@whispp.com or 06-51234840.