Deepgram
Backend Software Engineer - Engine Team (Voice Agent)
$150K–$220K
USA - Remote · Remote · Full-time · Posted Feb 18, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in an industry role.
About the job
Designs and builds scalable backend services and integrations for Deepgram’s Voice Agent product and speech-processing platform.
What you'll do
- Improve inference services across networking, speech processing, model orchestration, and observability.
- Integrate in-house, third-party, and open-source AI models and support telephony, RAG, and deployment scenarios.
- Debug complex concurrent systems and partner with Product to deliver services and features end to end.
What they ask for
- Programming experience in Rust (or C, C++), with competence in Python.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
- High level of experience and understanding of version control; preferably git.
- Comprehensive experience with UNIX-style systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with low-latency, multi-model orchestration for AI-enabled applications.
- Experience with audio processing.
Pay
$150K – $220K USD base salary
Tools
Rust, C, C++, Python, git, UNIX
AI focus
Integrates AI models for perception and conversational dynamics, and is expected to actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools in everyday work.
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