Staff Voice Platform Engineer - Real-Time AI

Decagon; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 375,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Take what you need vacation policy

Daily lunches, dinners, and snacks in the office

Job summary

A leading conversational AI platform in California seeks a Staff Software Engineer focused on Voice Agent. This role involves owning the architecture of the voice runtime and leading improvements in speech understanding and audio quality. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of engineering experience with technical leadership in real-time systems. Highly collaborative environment that offers competitive compensation of $300K to $375K along with equity and various benefits, including meals at the office.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with significant technical leadership.
• Expertise in real-time systems, streaming pipelines, or audio-based applications.
• Strong debugging skills across audio, networking, and model-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of the real-time voice runtime.
• Lead initiatives that improve speech understanding and synthesis quality.
• Define reliability and testing standards for live voice interactions.
• Mentor senior engineers and help expand the technical culture.

Skills

Technical leadership

Real-time systems

Debugging skills

Architectural direction

Mentoring engineers

Job description

A leading conversational AI platform in California seeks a Staff Software Engineer focused on Voice Agent. This role involves owning the architecture of the voice runtime and leading improvements in speech understanding and audio quality. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of engineering experience with technical leadership in real-time systems. Highly collaborative environment that offers competitive compensation of $300K to $375K along with equity and various benefits, including meals at the office.