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Sr. Backend Engineer - Engine Team: API

Deepgram

USA | Remote · Remote · Senior

$150,000 – $220,000

Listed on Deepgram’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Deepgram seeks a backend engineer to build and optimize the core services powering their speech AI platform, focusing on inference engines, compute orchestration, and system performance. This role suits experienced engineers comfortable with rapid iteration, AI-native workflows, and debugging complex distributed systems under real-time constraints.

Our summary, not Deepgram’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 3+ years industry experience
  • Rust or C/C++ programming
  • Python competence
  • Version control (preferably Git)
  • UNIX systems experience
  • Written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

  • Modern machine learning experience (Torch, CNNs, RNNs, transformers)
  • Audio processing experience

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