Product and Research Operations Analyst (Fixed Term Contract) at Cartesia

ABOUT CARTESIA Our mission is to build the next generation of AI: ubiquitous, interactive intelligence that runs wherever you are. Today, not even the best models can continuously process and reason over a year-long stream of audio, video and text—1B text tokens, 10B audio tokens and 1T video tokens—let alone do this on-device. We're pioneering the model architectures that will make this possible. Our founding team met as PhDs at the Stanford AI Lab, where we invented State Space Models or SSMs, a new primitive for training efficient, large-scale foundation models. Our team combines deep expertise in model innovation and systems engineering paired with a design-minded product engineering team to build and ship cutting edge models and experiences. We're funded by leading investors at Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with Factory, Conviction, A Star, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Databricks and others. We're fortunate to have the support of many amazing advisors, and 90+ angels across many industries, including the world's foremost experts in AI. About the Role Cartesia is seeking a Product Operations Analyst to join our PRO (Product Research and Operations) team on an initial 3-month fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role for someone who is technically capable, has strong instincts around audio quality, and thrives in a fast-moving environment. Your Impact - Operate and execute voice production workflows - specifically synthetic voice creation and quality evaluation - Annotate audio quality to an extreme level of detail, providing confidence on the quality of a voice and becoming the go-to expert for voice quality across the teams - Support with executing research and analysis objectives in the domain of voices - Support on ad-hoc tasks within the PRO team - you will need to be flexible, high-throughput, and reliable What You Bring - Strong project management instincts — able to juggle multiple workstreams, keep things moving, and never let things slip through the cracks - Technical skills; understanding of how API’s work, LLMs, and basic Python/SQL programming skills - Experience working with audio (e.g,. voice actor, engineer or linguist), with strong opinions on voice quality Nice to Have - Proficiency in using AI coding assistants (e.g., Cursor, Claude) to execute tasks rapidly without sacrificing quality - Research-driven mindset — curious, hypothesis-oriented, and comfortable digging into data to find answers rather than waiting for direction - Startup mindset - keen to learn and grow with us potentially longer term Contract Details - Rate: £35 per hour - Hours: 40 hours per week - Duration: Initial 3 months, with possibility of extension - Location: In-person at our London Soho Office, minimum 4 days a week - IR35 status: Inside IR35 Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Sponsorship is not available for this role. By applying for this role, you consent to Cartesia processing your personal data for the purposes of recruitment. Your data will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. OUR CULTURE 🏢 We’re an in-person team based out of San Francisco. We love being in the office, hanging out together, and learning from each other every day. 🚢 We ship fast. All of our work is novel and cutting edge, and execution speed is paramount. We have a high bar, and we don’t sacrifice quality or design along the way. 🤝 We support each other. We have an open & inclusive culture that’s focused on giving everyone the resources they need to succeed.