Backend Software Engineer

Deepgram is looking for a Backend software engineer to lead the design and implementation of Deepgram’s products. You will design and implement secure, robust, and scalable services for speech processing; efficient, distributed data storage; optimized scheduling, and more. Your skill at building highly reusable code that overcomes technical challenges is paired with an intuition for delightful user experiences. You will be a critical voice in Deepgram’s Product and Engineering teams, driving high impact products from start to finish.

What You’ll Do

• Improve Deepgram’s core ASR (automatic speech recognition) services including areas in networking, speech processing, scheduling, etc

• Develop processes for measuring, building, and optimizing services to maximize system performance

• Debug complex system issues that include networking, scheduling and high performance computer interactions

• Customize backend services to support our customer needs

• Design and implement new services, features, and/or products end to end.

You’ll Love This Role If You

• Thrive in a fast-paced, impact-driven environment where learning new skills on-the-fly is encouraged.

• Enjoy rapidly learning new technologies, libraries, frameworks, and languages.

It’s Important To Us That You Have

• 5+ years of experience in an industry role

• Programming experience in C, C++, or Rust, with competence in Python

• Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal.

• A high level of experience and understanding of version control; preferably git. 

• Comprehensive experience with UNIX-style systems.

It Would Be Great if You Had

• A basic understanding of the processes involved in modern machine learning frameworks

• Experience with CUDA and comfortable with writing software that optimizes and/or interfaces to GPUs

Salary range of USD $120,000 to $200,000 base plus variable and equity regardless of location

Deepgram is a foundational AI company building state of the art, production-ready AI models that streamline human-computer interaction and amplify productivity. By enabling seamless communication between humans and machines, we believe we can harness the untapped potential of AI and help pave the way for a more productive future. We passionately believe in the potential of audio data to transform lives, businesses, and interactions across the globe - which is why Deepgram is trusted by well-respected companies like NASA, Twilio, Auth0, and Spotify to push the boundaries of what is possible in voice technology! 

Backed by prominent investors including Y Combinator, Madrona, Tiger Global, Wing VC and NVIDIA, Deepgram has raised over $85 million in total funding after closing our Series B funding round last year. If you're looking to work on cutting-edge technology and make a significant impact in the AI industry, we'd love to hear from you!

Compensation Range: $120K - $200K