Agentic Voice AI Engineer

Wati; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Wati in Hong Kong is seeking an Agentic Engineer - Voice AI to develop and scale real-time voice AI capabilities on WhatsApp. The role involves building and optimizing voice AI pipelines, integrating advanced AI models, and ensuring performance across a global infrastructure. Candidates should have 3+ years of experience in software engineering, strong backend development skills, and familiarity with real-time communication technologies. The position entails a dynamic environment focused on enhancing voice AI applications.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience, with strong backend development skills.
• Experience with real-time communication technologies like WebRTC and RTP/RTCP.
• Familiarity with AI/LLM integration and model APIs.
• Understanding of microservices and cloud-native architectures.
• Comfortable working with PostgreSQL and Redis.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize real-time voice AI pipelines.
• Integrate frontier AI models and manage media infrastructure.
• Develop agent capabilities for voice interactions.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver voice AI experiences.
• Ensure reliability and performance of voice AI infrastructure.

Skills

Backend development (Go or Python)

Real-time communication technologies

AI/LLM integration

Speech technologies (ASR, TTS)

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

Redis

Problem-solving skills

Job description

Wati in Hong Kong is seeking an Agentic Engineer - Voice AI to develop and scale real-time voice AI capabilities on WhatsApp. The role involves building and optimizing voice AI pipelines, integrating advanced AI models, and ensuring performance across a global infrastructure. Candidates should have 3+ years of experience in software engineering, strong backend development skills, and familiarity with real-time communication technologies. The position entails a dynamic environment focused on enhancing voice AI applications.