Real-Time Voice Agents Backend Engineer (Go/Python) — Equity & Flexible PTO

Cartesia; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity package

Monthly stipend for commuting

Flexible PTO

Meals and snacks provided daily

Job summary

Cartesia is looking for a Software Engineer, Agents in San Francisco, to build and enhance the backend platform for its voice agents product. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in distributed backend systems, strong product instincts, and be comfortable with tools like Go and Python. Key responsibilities include operating systems for voice agents and contributing to documentation and design reviews. The role offers a competitive salary, flexible PTO, and daily meals.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building distributed backend systems in production.
• Strong instincts for platform work focusing on latency and reliability.
• Second-order thinking on backend architecture.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate distributed systems behind voice agents.
• Take projects from spec to production, monitoring and iterating.
• Define developer experience for engineers building on Cartesia.

Skills

Distributed backend systems

Customer-facing latency

Reliability

Developer experience

AI coding tools

Clear communication

Tools

Go

Python

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Cartesia is looking for a Software Engineer, Agents in San Francisco, to build and enhance the backend platform for its voice agents product. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in distributed backend systems, strong product instincts, and be comfortable with tools like Go and Python. Key responsibilities include operating systems for voice agents and contributing to documentation and design reviews. The role offers a competitive salary, flexible PTO, and daily meals.