Senior Backend Engineer — AI-First, High-Performance

Jobicy; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepgram is seeking a backend software engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable speech-processing services. You will help shape secure, efficient systems and contribute to distributed compute orchestration and optimization.

The role requires strong experience in Rust or C/C++, Python, and Unix-like environments, plus excellent communication and collaboration with product teams. A fast-paced, AI-driven culture awaits with opportunities to learn continuously.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Strong Git/version-control experience.
• Comprehensive experience with UNIX-style systems.

Responsibilities

• Improve Deepgram’s core inference and backend services for speech processing.
• Optimize networking, scheduling, and performance of backend systems.
• Debug complex distributed system issues across components.
• Rapidly customize services to support customer needs.
• Collaborate with Product to design and implement new features end-to-end.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Education

3+ years of industry experience

Tools

Rust

C

C++

Python

Unix-like systems

Job description

Deepgram is seeking a backend software engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable speech-processing services. You will help shape secure, efficient systems and contribute to distributed compute orchestration and optimization.

The role requires strong experience in Rust or C/C++, Python, and Unix-like environments, plus excellent communication and collaboration with product teams. A fast-paced, AI-driven culture awaits with opportunities to learn continuously.