engineering
Posted Feb 26Software Engineer, Voice Agents / AI - Deepgram for Restaurants
at Deepgram
San Francisco, United StatesRemote
Requirements
- COMPANY OVERVIEW 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.
- COMPANY OPERATING RHYTHM 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.
- experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining backend infrastructure in production environments - Proven track record of building and deploying scalable, high-performance backend systems -
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure and deployment technologies, such as AWS and API design - Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to a rapidly evolving startup environment - Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a team - Willingness to problem solve across our entire product - Ability to proactively recognize problems and identify solutions to those problems - Results oriented and care about the impact of your work IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD
- Experience working with audio -
- Experience taking a backend system from zero to one -
- Experience building and maintaining a system that integrates with many 3rd party APIs, particularly Point of Sale systems -
- Experience with Python, Kotlin, or Java -
- Experience with containerization tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes -
- Experience working in or alongside AI / ML BENEFITS & PERKS
- 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.
Benefits
- HOLISTIC HEALTH - Medical, dental, vision
- benefits - Annual wellness stipend - Mental health support - Life, STD, LTD Income Insurance Plans WORK/LIFE BLEND - Unlimited PTO - 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 CONTINUOUS LEARNING - Learning / Education stipend - Participation in talks and conferences - Employee Resource Groups - AI enablement workshops / sessions *For candidates
- Backed by prominent investors including Y Combinator, Madrona, Tiger Global, Wing VC and NVIDIA, Deepgram has raised over $215M in total funding.
Additional details
- More than 200,000 developers and 1,300+ 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 50,000 years of audio and transcribed more than 1 trillion words.
- There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram.
- 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.
- THE OPPORTUNITY: We are seeking a Software Engineer to join Deepgram for Restaurants- a new, vertically focused business unit dedicated to solving the toughest problems in the space, working alongside Deepgram’s core research teams.
- We’ll be working directly with leading restaurant enterprises and leading restaurant technology partners to uncover and solve the highest-impact problems in the space.
- Early focus areas include: - Ultra-robust ASR in noisy, multi-mic environments - High-accuracy, menu-aware drive-thru and phone ordering agents - Real-time analytics and operational intelligence - Deeper, more reliable in-restaurant hardware integration We are already partnering with several leading brands and will continue expanding these efforts WHAT YOU’LL DO - Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems for our automated order-taking platform - Collaborate closely with our
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