Senior Real-Time Voice AI Engineer

Hankey Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hankey Group in Los Angeles is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and build real-time voice-to-voice AI agents. You will create conversational AI systems using LLMs, integrate STT/TTS into production, and optimize low-latency streaming across telephony and voice platforms.

The role requires 5+ years' experience with Python and C#/.NET, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures. You will collaborate with product managers and AI engineers to deliver scalable AI solutions on-site in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience building voice-to-voice AI applications.
• Strong understanding of Speech Recognition (ASR), Speech Synthesis (TTS), Voice Activity Detection (VAD), and audio streaming.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop real-time voice-to-voice AI agents.
• Build conversational AI systems using LLMs and agent frameworks.
• Integrate Speech-to-Text (STT) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) technologies into production applications.
• Optimize latency and streaming performance for natural conversations.
• Develop backend services and APIs using Python and C#/.NET.
• Integrate with telephony, voice streaming, and communication platforms.
• Implement conversation memory, tool calling, function execution, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows.
• Collaborate with product managers, AI engineers, and software developers to deliver production-ready AI solutions.
• Evaluate emerging AI models, speech technologies, and voice platforms.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve voice agent performance and reliability.

Skills

5+ years software engineering

Python

C#/.NET

REST APIs

Asynchronous programming

Real-time streaming

ASR / TTS knowledge

LLMs / AI agents

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science / Software Engineering / AI or related field

Tools

Azure AI

Docker

Kubernetes

REST API development tools

Job description

Hankey Group in Los Angeles is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and build real-time voice-to-voice AI agents. You will create conversational AI systems using LLMs, integrate STT/TTS into production, and optimize low-latency streaming across telephony and voice platforms.

The role requires 5+ years' experience with Python and C#/.NET, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures. You will collaborate with product managers and AI engineers to deliver scalable AI solutions on-site in