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Senior Backend Software Engineer at Hiya

Seattle, WA💼 Full-time💰 $113,000–$197,000🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-25

Core

Building next-generation voice products from scratch to protect users from spam, fraud, and deepfake scam calls, and provide branded verified caller ID for businesses.

Role type

Senior IC backend software engineer (voice intelligence)

Builds

Real-time SIP/RTP media handling, STT/TTS pipelines, deepfake detection, speaker verification, and conversational AI integrated into carrier networks

Domain

Telecommunications + Voice AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, system architecture design, real-time media processing

Preferred skills

Telephony protocols (SIP, RTP, WebRTC), deepfake detection, speaker verification, conversational AI

Technologies

TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS

Responsibilities

Designing early architecture for greenfield voice products, implementing real-time media pipelines, integrating AI models into carrier networks, optimizing for low latency

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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