Deepgram · 1 week ago
Backend Software Engineer - Active Learning Team
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
3+ years expDeepgram is the leading platform in the Voice AI economy, providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text and text-to-speech services. They are seeking a Backend Software Engineer to lead the design and implementation of internal data and ML training systems, focusing on building secure and scalable services to enhance researcher productivity and model quality.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)MusicPublishingBig DataAudioAudio Recording and ProductionData Collection and LabelingMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSpeech Recognition
Responsibilities
Improve Deepgram’s core data ingestion, cataloging, and transformation services including areas in networking, speech processing, audio transcoding, and latency and memory optimization
Engineer ML training code to be performant and highly extensible, rapidly enabling large-scale training of new foundational model architectures
Develop processes for measuring, building, and optimizing services to maximize system performance
Debug complex system issues that include networking, scheduling, database, and other persistence store interactions
Partner with DataOps and Research to design and implement new services, features, and/or products end to end
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
Experience with modern machine learning, such as experience with a framework like Torch or implementation knowledge of architectures like CNNs, RNNS, and transformers
Experience with audio processing
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision benefits
Annual wellness stipend
Mental health support
Life, STD, LTD Income Insurance Plans
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
Learning / Education stipend
Participation in talks and conferences
Employee Resource Groups
AI enablement workshops / sessions
For candidates outside of the US, we use an Employer of Record model in many countries, which means benefits are administered locally and governed by country-specific regulations. Because of this, benefits will differ by region — in some cases international employees receive benefits US employees do not, and vice versa. As we scale, we will continue to evaluate where we can create more alignment, but a 1:1 global benefits structure is not always legally or operationally possible.
Company
Deepgram
Deepgram provides a voice artificial intelligence platform for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice applications.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
25%
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Engineering and Development
Product Management
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2025 (2)
2024 (1)
2022 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$215.92MKey Investors
AVPAlkeon Capital,MadronaTiger Global Management
2026-01-13Series C· $130M
2022-11-26Series B· $47M
2021-02-03Series B· $25M
Leadership Team
Scott Stephenson
Co-Founder, CEO
Adam Sypniewski
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2026-07-18
Wing Venture Capital
2026-06-16
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