Deepgram
Sr. Backend Engineer - Engine Team: API
$150K–$220K
USA - Remote · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 10, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in an industry role.
About the job
Leads backend design and implementation for Deepgram products, improving core inference services and building scalable speech-processing systems and features.
What you'll do
- Improve inference services, including networking, speech processing, audio transcoding, latency, and memory optimization.
- Measure and optimize service performance and debug complex networking, scheduling, and high-performance computing issues.
- Customize backend services for customers and partner with Product to deliver services, features, and products 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 modern machine learning, such as Torch or CNNs, RNNs, and transformers.
- Experience with audio processing.
Pay
$150K – $220K (base salary); 10% Annual Bonus
Tools
Rust, C, C++, Python, git, UNIX, Torch, CNNs
AI focus
Expected to actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools, integrate them into everyday workflows, and adapt to new models and modes. The role may involve modern machine learning.
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