Senior Python Backend Engineer - Real-Time Voice Systems

Ellipsis Health, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Ellipsis Health, Inc. is seeking a full-time engineer to enhance our voice pipeline by implementing and maintaining Python micro-services that orchestrate conversational AIs. You will work on integrating new providers, building APIs for latency optimization, and ensuring system security.

The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience in building production back-ends, proficient in real-time streaming systems and modern Python frameworks. This hybrid position offers competitive compensation and flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years building production back-ends in modern Python.
• Proven experience with real-time streaming systems, proficiency with asyncio and FastAPI.
• Deep understanding of concurrency and audio codecs.

Responsibilities

• Expand and maintain real-time voice pipelines with Python micro-services.
• Integrate new providers and transports for seamless communication.
• Build APIs for ultra-low latency streaming.

Skills

Production back-ends in modern Python

Real-time streaming systems

Concurrency and buffering

AWS/GCP/Azure

Relational and in-memory data stores

Communication skills

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS, EE, or related fields

Tools

Python

WebRTC

gRPC

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

Ellipsis Health, Inc. is seeking a full-time engineer to enhance our voice pipeline by implementing and maintaining Python micro-services that orchestrate conversational AIs. You will work on integrating new providers, building APIs for latency optimization, and ensuring system security.

The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience in building production back-ends, proficient in real-time streaming systems and modern Python frameworks. This hybrid position offers competitive compensation and flexible benefits.