Senior Data Intelligence Engineer

Deepgram is the leading platform underpinning the emerging trillion-dollar Voice AI economy providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text (STT) text-to-speech (TTS) and building production-grade voice agents at scale. More than 200000 developers and 1300+ organizations build voice offerings that are ‘Powered by Deepgram’ including Twilio Cloudflare Sierra Decagon Vapi Daily Cresta Granola and Jack in the Box. Deepgram’s voice-native foundation models are accessed through cloud APIs or as self-hosted and on-premises software with unmatched accuracy low latency and cost efficiency. Backed by a recent Series C led by leading global investors and strategic partners Deepgram has processed over 50000 years of audio and transcribed more than 1 trillion words. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram.

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 who works at Deepgram 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 AI capabilities is key to success here. Candidates should be comfortable adopting new models and modes quickly integrating AI into their workflows and continuously pushing the boundaries of what these technologies can do.

Additionally we move at the pace of AI. Change is rapid and you can expect your day-to-day work to evolve just as quickly. This may not be the right role if you’re not excited to experiment adapt think on your feet and learn constantly or if you’re seeking something highly prescriptive with a traditional 9-to-5.

Deepgram is the foundational AI company for voice. We build the models that allow machines to hear understand and speak to humans with zero latency. As we scale our usage-based economy we are building the "Intelligence Layer"—a system of autonomous agents that monitor reason and act on our data to drive NRR and operational excellence.

Reporting to the Head of Decision Intelligence you are the founding engineer of the Data Intelligence team. While the Head of Data sets the strategic "Brain" of the company you build the nervous system. You are not building legacy dashboards; instead you are building the API-based tools dbt models and semantic layers that allow AI agents to navigate our data environment autonomously.

• Semantic Layer Architecture: Build and maintain high-fidelity dbt and SQL models that serve as the "ground truth" for our complex usage-based revenue models.

• Agent Tooling & Integration: Develop the tools and permissions frameworks that allow "Analyst Agents" to query Athena correlate Salesforce churn signals and identify API latency issues.

• Infrastructure Evolution: Serve as the technical bridge to the Engineering/Infra team to ensure our data contracts are "agent-ready" and highly reliable.

• The "Unlock Audio Intelligence" Project: Partner with the Head of Data to ingest thousands of hours of internal calls using Deepgram’s own models turning unstructured audio into queryable insights for GTM teams.

• Automation Obsession: Maintain a culture where manual repetitive SQL tasks are viewed as automation bugs to be solved with code and agents.

• Experience: 5+ years in high-growth Data or AI Engineering roles.

• AI-Native Technical Skills: Mastery of SQL and Python (production-grade) with a proven track record of building RAG or Agentic systems on top of structured data.

• Usage-Based SaaS Fluency: Familiarity with the metrics of an API-first business such as consumption patterns gross margins and NRR.

• Builder Mindset: Comfort with "work-in-progress" infrastructure and the ability to turn messy siloed data into high-impact business logic.

• Prior experience as a Software Engineer or Data Engineer.

• Experience with real-time billing and consumption systems.

• Contributions to open-source data or AI projects.

• Medical dental vision benefits

• Annual wellness stipend

• Mental health support

• Life STD LTD Income Insurance Plans

• Unlimited PTO

• Generous paid parental leave

• Flexible schedule

• 12 Paid US company holidays

• Quarterly personal productivity stipend

• One-time stipend for home office upgrades

• 401(k) plan with company match

• Tax Savings Programs

• Learning / Education stipend

• Participation in talks and conferences

• Employee Resource Groups

• AI enablement workshops / sessions

*For candidates outside of the US we use an Employer of Record model in many countries which means benefits are administered locally and governed by country-specific regulations. Because of this benefits will differ by region — in some cases international employees receive benefits US employees do not and vice versa. As we scale we will continue to evaluate where we can create more alignment but a 1:1 global benefits structure is not always legally or operationally possible.

Backed by prominent investors including Y Combinator Madrona Tiger Global Wing VC and NVIDIA Deepgram has raised over $215M in total funding. 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!

Deepgram is an equal opportunity employer. We want all voices and perspectives represented in our workforce. We are a curious bunch focused on collaboration and doing the right thing. We put our customers first grow together and move quickly. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age marital status veteran status disability status pregnancy parental status genetic information political affiliation or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

We are happy to provide accommodations for applicants who need them.

What We Do

Deepgram is the leading voice AI platform for developers building speech-to-text (STT) text-to-speech (TTS) and full speech-to-speech (STS) offerings. 200000+ developers build with Deepgram’s voice-native foundational models – accessed through APIs or as self-managed software – due to our unmatched accuracy latency and pricing. Customers include software companies building voice products co-sell partners working with large enterprises and enterprises solving internal voice AI use cases. The company ended 2024 cash-flow positive with 400+ enterprise customers 3.3x annual usage growth across the past 4 years over 50000 years of audio processed and over 1 trillion words transcribed. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram.

Why Work With Us

Our culture like our product is constantly learning and evolving but the heart of our team is enduring. We are a self-motivated positive passionate and competitive group of people. At Deepgram we put an emphasis on being ourselves being curious growing together and being human. We are a unique bunch who celebrate our differences.

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