Voice AI Software Engineer Intern: Build Real-World Systems

Deepgram; United States; Remote; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepgram is seeking an intern to join our engineering team and own a real project end-to-end, from design through coding to production deployment. You’ll work on the core voice-native platform and related products, collaborating with researchers, engineers, and customers.

As an intern, you’ll use advanced AI tools, prototype workflows, and iterate on solutions in a fast-moving environment. This role emphasizes hands-on learning, feedback, and shipping meaningful work.

Qualifications

• You’ve built things—projects, tools, or scripts—to exist.
• You default to AI when learning or building, and can discuss limits.
• You reason from first principles and dig into root causes.
• You write/read code in at least one language and learn new ones quickly.
• You can clearly explain your work, what you built and what you’d improve.
• You strive for better than “good enough” and enjoy hard problems.
• You give and receive feedback to improve rapidly.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship a scoped project end-to-end with mentorship.
• Contribute to production Deepgram codebases across core platform or apps.
• Explore voice AI topics, real-time systems, and feedback loops.

Skills

AI mindset

First principles

Communication

Coding experience

Feedback culture

Education

Pursuing CS/Engineering

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

Deepgram is seeking an intern to join our engineering team and own a real project end-to-end, from design through coding to production deployment. You’ll work on the core voice-native platform and related products, collaborating with researchers, engineers, and customers.

As an intern, you’ll use advanced AI tools, prototype workflows, and iterate on solutions in a fast-moving environment. This role emphasizes hands-on learning, feedback, and shipping meaningful work.