Sr. Software Engineer (Backend)

Job Description

Deepgram is looking for a backend software engineer to help lead the design and implementation of Deepgram’s products. You will design and implement secure, robust, and scalable services for speech processing; efficient, distributed compute orchestration; 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 inference services including areas in networking, speech processing, audio transcoding, and latency and memory optimization
Develop processes for measuring, building, and optimizing services to maximize system performance
Debug complex system issues that include networking, scheduling and high performance computing interactions
Rapidly customize backend services to support our customer needs
Partner with Product to 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 not only encouraged but a regular necessity
Enjoy balancing decisions about product and feature maturity to decide when to make minimally invasive changes versus when to incorporate detailed design work

It’s Important To Us That You Have:

At least several years of experience in an industry role
Programming experience in Rust (or C, C++), 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:

Experience with modern machine learning, such as experience with a framework like Torch or implementation knowledge of architectures like CNNs, RNNS, and transformers
Experience with audio processing

Why this role isn’t for you:

You don’t have any industry experience shipping products
You need the structure and resources of a larger company to produce
You’re not comfortable having tough product conversations

Backed by prominent investors including Y Combinator, Madrona, Tiger Global, Wing VC and NVIDIA, Deepgram has raised over $85 million 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.
Compensation:

Estimated base salary dependent on location and level $140K – $190K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • 10% annual bonus

This range is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills and experience. There may be instances where a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
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