Senior Backend Engineer, Voice AI & Real-Time Systems

Jobicy; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepgram is seeking a backend software engineer to lead the design and implementation of its voice processing services. You will build secure, robust, and scalable backend systems for real-time speech processing and integrate with AI models and telephony providers.

This role emphasizes delivering maintainable and observable services within a fast-paced AI-focused team. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering to ship end-to-end features, optimize performance, and contribute to the

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industry experience.
• Proficiency in Rust, or C/C++ with Python.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Experience with UNIX-style systems.
• Version control experience, preferably Git.

Responsibilities

• Improve core inference services including networking, speech processing, model orchestration, and observability.
• Develop integrations with in-house, third-party, and open-source AI models for perception and managing conversational dynamics.
• Debug complex system issues that include networking, scheduling, and highly concurrent workloads.
• Rapidly customize backend services to support customer needs.
• Partner with Product to design and implement new services, features, and end-to-end products.

Skills

Rust

C

C++

Python

Communication

UNIX

Git

Job description

Deepgram is seeking a backend software engineer to lead the design and implementation of its voice processing services. You will build secure, robust, and scalable backend systems for real-time speech processing and integrate with AI models and telephony providers.

This role emphasizes delivering maintainable and observable services within a fast-paced AI-focused team. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering to ship end-to-end features, optimize performance, and contribute to the