Sr. Backend Engineer - Engine Team: API
Core
Design and implement secure, robust, and scalable services for speech processing, efficient distributed compute orchestration, and optimized scheduling.
Role type
Senior backend software engineer (voice AI infrastructure)
Builds
Real-time APIs for speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and production-grade voice agents
Domain
Voice AI / Speech Processing / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Rust, C, C++, Python, UNIX-style systems, version control (git), networking, speech processing, audio transcoding, latency optimization, memory optimization, distributed compute orchestration, scheduling
Preferred skills
modern machine learning frameworks (Torch), CNNs, RNNS, transformers, audio processing
Responsibilities
Improve core inference services including networking and latency/memory optimization; Develop processes for measuring and optimizing system performance; Debug complex system issues involving networking and high-performance computing; Rapidly customize backend services for customer needs; Partner with Product to design and implement new services end to end