Backend Software Engineer - Engine Team (Voice Agent)

Deepgram · Engineering

Location: Remote, California, United States
Workplace: Remote
Level: Mid-level
Type: Full-time
Pay: $150K–$220K/yr (published by employer)
Posted: 8 months ago
Source: Ashby

What the posting covers

Company Overview

Deepgram is the leading platform underpinning the emerging trillion-dollar Voice AI economy, providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and building production-grade voice agents at scale. More than 200,000 developers and 1,300+…

Company Operating Rhythm

At Deepgram, we expect an AI-first mindset—AI use and comfort aren’t optional, they’re core to how we operate, innovate, and measure performance. Every team member who works at Deepgram is expected to actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools, and…

Opportunity

Deepgram is looking for a backend software engineer to lead the design and implementation of Deepgram’s Voice Agent product. You will design and implement secure, robust, and scalable services for speech processing; build integrations supporting telephony…

What You’ll Do

Improve Deepgram’s core inference services including areas in networking, speech processing, model orchestration, and observability Develop integrations with cutting edge in-house, third-party, and open-source AI models for perception and managing…

You’ll Love This Role If You

Thrive in a fast-paced, impact-driven environment where learning new skills on-the-fly is not only encouraged but a regular necessity Enjoy balancing decisions about product and feature maturity to decide when to make minimally invasive changes versus when to…

It’s Important To Us That You Have

3+ years of experience in an industry role Programming experience in Rust (or C, C++), with competence in Python Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal. A high level of experience and understanding of version control;…

It Would Be Great If You Had

Experience with low-latency, multi-model orchestration for AI-enabled applications Experience with audio processing Notice: We're aware of individuals impersonating Deepgram recruiters. All legitimate Deepgram recruiting communication comes from an…

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