deepgram - Sr. Backend Engineer - Engine Team: API
Requirements
• 3+ 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 • Notice: We're aware of individuals impersonating Deepgram recruiters. All legitimate Deepgram recruiting communication comes from an @deepgram.com email address. If you've received a message claiming to be Deepgram, please forward it to [email protected].
Responsibilities
• 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 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. • 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
Benefits
• Estimated Base Salary $150K – $220K • 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. Please note that the compensation details listed on US role postings reflect the base salary only and does not include bonus, equity or benefits. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • Please Note: we have set up limits for applications for this role. It is in the General Application Limit Setting group. The following limits apply to applications for all jobs within this group: • General Application Limit Setting • Candidates may not apply more than 2 times in any 60 day span for any job in the General Application Limit Setting Group. • Candidates may not re-apply to the same role within 180 days if not presented with an offer • or drag and drop here
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