Staff Software Engineer, Voice Agent

📋 Description

• Own the architecture of Decagon’s real-time voice runtime and roadmap
• Lead initiatives to improve speech understanding, synthesis quality, and timing
• Define reliability, testing, and observability standards for live voice interactions
• Build frameworks that make voice systems easy to debug, measure, and iterate on
• Mentor senior engineers and help expand the technical culture of the Voice group

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience with significant technical leadership
• Expertise in real-time systems, streaming pipelines, or audio-based apps
• Define architectural direction and lead cross-functional projects
• Strong debugging skills across audio, networking, and model-driven systems
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering standards
• Experience with speech recognition, synthesis, or real-time audio systems

🎁 Benefits

• Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
• Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
• Parental Leave
• Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot