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Panels
Audio Data for AI Labs
Founding Engineer
$120K - $200K•0.50% - 1.50%•San Francisco, CA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Full stack
Experience
Any (new grads ok)
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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Aaron Wenk
Founder
Aaron Wenk
Founder
About the role
We’re looking for a founding engineer to help build the platform behind high-quality human voice data for the next generation of speech and audio models. You’ll work across the stack on systems for audio recording, data quality, human review, internal operations, and delivery to leading AI and voice AI labs. You’ll be building products used by thousands of people every day, with high ownership across product, infrastructure, and data quality.
What You’ll Work On
- Build and improve applications for collecting and reviewing speech data
- Design reliable systems for audio quality assurance
- Work with TypeScript, React/Next.js, Postgres, and cloud storage
- Create internal tools that make complex data operations easier to run and audit
- Improve reliability, observability, and quality across the data pipeline
- Ship to production quickly
What We’re Looking For
- Strong full-stack engineering ability
- High ownership and comfort working on ambiguous problems
- Care for product details, data correctness, and operational reliability
- Ability to ship quickly without losing sight of long-term system quality
- Strong Postgres or backend systems experience
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, and production systems
Nice To Haves
- Experience with audio systems, speech data, or machine learning data workflows
- Experience building internal tools, data labeling systems, QA systems, or marketplace-style workflows
- Interest in voice AI, human data, and the infrastructure behind model training
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Flexible PTO policy
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid lunch and dinner in the office
- High-ownership role at the earliest stage of a company already working with large AI labs
About Panels
Panels builds high-quality human voice data for the next generation of speech and audio models. We provide data to AI labs, with structured datasets that help models sound more natural, understand more context, and perform reliably across languages, accents, and real-world conditions. Voice is shaping up to be one of the primary interfaces for AI, and better data is what will make it feel truly useful and human.
Founded:2025
Batch:S25
Team Size:1
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Company websiteLinkedIn profile
Founders
Aaron Wenk
Founder
Aaron Wenk
Founder
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