Deepgram

Sr. Backend Engineer - Engine Team: API

United States

Senior

REMOTE

Deepgram is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for its Engine API team. In this role you will design and implement secure, scalable services for speech processing, distributed compute orchestration, and latency optimization. The position requires strong Rust or C/C++ experience alongside Python, and a solid background in UNIX systems. Deepgram powers Voice AI for over 200,000 developers and 1,300+ organizations, and expects an AI-first mindset from every team member.

Rust

C++

Python

UNIX/Linux systems

Git

Networking

Distributed systems

Latency optimization

Memory optimization

Audio transcoding

Speech processing

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