Staff Web Engineer at Deepgram | AI-Native Growth Role

Deepgram; Stati Uniti; Remoto; USD 170.000 - 230.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Deepgram is hiring a Staff Web Engineer to own the site end-to-end, including Next.js frontend and backend, repo management, CI/CD, and code reviews. You will also optimize Sanity CMS architecture, publish workflows, and maintain the global design system, while advancing AI integrations and internationalization.

The role emphasizes ownership of a high-visibility asset in a fast-growing AI startup, with collaboration across product, marketing, and external partners.

Competenze

• Staff is a senior IC level (7+ years) and typically not moving into management.
• Ownership of a high-visibility production asset and AI tooling mandate is expected.

Mansioni

• Own the deepgram.com codebase end to end (Next.js app, repo, branching, CI/CD, code reviews).
• Optimize and maintain Sanity CMS architecture (schemas, modules, staging/production).
• Run the global design system, component library, Vercel platform, and AI integrations; manage global CSS systems.

Conoscenze

Next.js

Sanity CMS

Vercel

React

AI-native development

AEO

Voice-first UX

Technical SEO

i18n

Strumenti

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Descrizione del lavoro

Staff Web Engineer at Deepgram | AI-Native Growth Role — Remote

Career Level & Market Positioning: "Staff" is a senior individual contributor level (typically equivalent to 7+ years experience), one step below Principal. It signals high ownership without requiring a move into engineering management. Market rates for Staff Web/Frontend Engineers in the US range from $170K–$230K total comp depending on location and equity — the absence of salary data here is a yellow flag worth probing.

Skills You'll Build:

• High-demand stack: Next.js, Sanity CMS, Vercel, React — all top-tier marketable skills in 2024–2025.
• Emerging specializations: AI-native development workflows, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), and voice-first UX are genuinely differentiated skills that few engineers have yet — early-mover advantage.
• Technical SEO & i18n at scale add breadth beyond pure engineering.

Culture Signals: Deepgram is a growth-stage AI startup (5,000+ enterprise customers, 650,000+ developers) with real traction — not pre-revenue. The team is described as "small but scaling," indicating you'll have outsized impact but also wear multiple hats. Reporting to a Head of Brand rather than Engineering is unusual for a Staff Engineer and may limit technical mentorship pathways.

Green Flags: Ownership of a high-visibility production asset, cutting-edge AI tooling mandate, and clear company momentum in the voice AI space.

Red Flags: No salary transparency, no benefits listed, and the AI-first mandate may feel pressured rather than empowering for some engineers. Clarify remote policy and equity structure before accepting.

Company Overview

Deepgram is bringing the world's most natural interface, voice, to the technology we use every day. Our speech models and real-time infrastructure power AI systems that keep up with the way people actually speak. More than 5,000 organizations run conversational voice AI on Deepgram in production, including Twilio, Cloudflare, Sierra, Decagon, Vapi, Cresta, Granola, and Jack in the Box.

The Deepgram Voice Agent Platform brings together speech-to-text, text-to-speech and speech-to-speech, with voice-native foundation models available through cloud APIs or self-hosted and on-premises deployments. Built for accuracy, low latency and cost efficiency, Deepgram makes high-quality voice experiences practical to build and run at scale. More than 650,000 developers have used Deepgram to process more than 200,000 years of audio. Every day, more of the world's conversations with AI run on our models.

AI-First by Default

At Deepgram, we expect an AI-first mindset — AI use and comfort aren't optional, they're core to how we operate, innovate, and measure performance.

Every team member is expected to actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools, and even build your own into your everyday work. We measure how effectively AI is applied to deliver results, and consistent, creative use of the latest AIs capabilities is key to success here. Candidates should be comfortable adopting new models and modes quickly, integrating AI into your workflows, and continuously pushing the boundaries of what these technologies can do.

We move at the pace of AI. Change is rapid, and you can expect your day-to-day work to evolve just as quickly. If you're energized by experimenting, adapting, and learning constantly, you'll thrive here.

About the Role

Deepgram builds foundational voice AI and deepgram.com is where the world meets it. The site is our digital front door, showcasing our products, brand moments, and pricing information, and it drives the company's self-serve revenue.

We're hiring a Staff Web Engineer to own the site's code for the long haul. Deepgram.com is entering its next chapter — we are fully refreshing the experience top to bottom. You'll be the person who knows the site inside out. You'll own the repo, the architecture, the Sanity environments, and the QA bar, and act as the code-review gate for day-to-day page and content work.

The team is small but scaling. You will be working on the Web team reporting into the Head of Brand & Awareness and closely collaborating with our Senior Web Manager, product, marketing, sales, and external development partners.

As an AI company, you must be AI-native. Agents and AI tooling are your go-to in how you choose to build, review, and QA. We are aiming to build a machine-first, voice-first site experience.

What You'll Do

• Own the deepgram.com codebase end to end — the Next.js application (front and back end), the GitHub repo, branching and CI/CD, and code review
• Optimize and maintain Sanity CMS architecture — schemas, the reusable module library, the staging and production environments and publishing workflow
• Run the global design system, component library, Vercel platform and spearhead AI integrations. Experienced with global CSS systems.
• Build and run the site's QA program — starting with a well-structured and scalable staging environment that keeps a marketing site launch-ready at all times
• Lead internationalization and localization efforts — language-locale URL and routing architecture, hreflang, and the path from i18n plumbing to localized (l10n) content
• Assist in technical SEO — site architecture, redirects, Core Web Vitals — with on-page SEO executed by content partners inside your review gate
• Ensure LLM discoverability (AEO) — the site's structured data, metadata, and content architecture must serve answer engines as well as people
• Technical infrastructure for experimentation — develop the mechanisms to support the site's experimentation program
• Marketing Ops partnership — implementation of forms, gated content, and attribution instrumentation (GTM, GA4, HubSpot)
• Cybersecurity posture — maintain security and run routine safety audits across dependencies and scripts
• High-velocity shipping — ship complex site improvements and launch campaign pages in a product-driven atmosphere
• AI-native workflow — use agents in your daily build process and create tooling for safe marketing publishing

We Are Looking for Candidates With:

• Marketing web development background — ownership of marketing sites, not just product surfaces
• Enterprise repository ownership: branching strategy, CI/CD, and a strong code-review culture
• Headless CMS architecture — Next.js with Sanity strongly preferred
• Modern React ecosystem for the web
• Vercel as a production platform
• AI-native development — ability to demonstrate concrete use of AI agents and tooling in your workflow
• High level of ownership & accountability — a hand raiser who's ready to join an ambitious team and company
• Technical leadership — directing or reviewing the work of agency developers

Our Ideal Candidates Also Have:

• Prior experience with internationalization (i18n/l10n): URL architecture, locale routing and multi-region infrastructure
• Familiarity with A/B testing on production marketing sites
• Interest in voice AI and the future of voice-interactive web experiences

Notice: We're aware of individuals impersonating Deepgram recruiters. All legitimate Deepgram recruiting communication comes from an @ deepgram.com email address. If you've received a message claiming to be Deepgram, please forward it to [e-mail].

Is this Staff Web Engineer role at Deepgram fully remote? The job posting does not explicitly state office requirements, and the location hint indicates USA. It appears to be a US-based role, but candidates should confirm the remote work policy directly with Deepgram's recruiting team. What tech stack is required for this role? The primary stack includes Next.js (front and back end), Sanity CMS, React, and the Vercel platform for production deployment. Familiarity with CI/CD, GitHub workflows, and AI development agents is also expected. Does Deepgram require AI tool usage in this role? Yes — Deepgram explicitly states that AI use is not optional. All team members, including this engineer, are expected to actively use AI agents and tooling in their daily workflows and demonstrate concrete AI integration in their work. What is the seniority level and reporting structure for this position? This is a Staff-level (senior IC) engineering role. The engineer reports to the Head of Brand & Awareness and collaborates closely with the Senior Web Manager, product, marketing, sales, and external development partners. Is salary or compensation information available for this role? No salary or compensation details are provided in the job posting. Candidates should inquire directly with Deepgram during the recruitment process about base salary, equity, and benefits.

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