Media Software Engineer, Speech
Build and optimize high-performance, real-time speech, audio, video, and WebRTC infrastructure for conversational AI across mobile and web platforms. The role requires professional C or C++ experience, concurrent systems knowledge, and at least three years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Improve the real-time speech and media systems powering live AI conversations.
- Reduce latency and optimize responsiveness across audio streaming and speech pipelines.
- Build tools to enable the creation of AI models to support speech processing.
- Develop new voice and video capabilities enabling more immersive interactions between users and AI bots.
- Improve and extend custom WebRTC infrastructure across iOS, Android, and web.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and drive projects from requirements to completion.
- Professional experience with C or C++.
- Computer science fundamentals, including memory management, high-performance data structures, and concurrent or multithreaded systems.
- Exposure to system programming concepts, including network protocol design, asynchronous I/O, and distributed system architectures.
- Object-oriented development and design skills.
- Interest in solving subtle and challenging engineering problems.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with WebRTC, streaming protocols, or other media-adjacent technologies.
- Familiarity with media processing techniques.
- Experience creating backend server infrastructure.
- Experience developing software for iOS or Android.
- Familiarity with services built using Node.js or Go.
- Familiarity with artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, particularly speech recognition and synthesis.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary: $180,000–$270,000.
- Competitive salary and generous company equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with 99.99% of premiums covered.
- 42 days of paid time off, including 15 PTO days, 10 sick days, 15 company holidays, and 2 floating holidays.
- Generous parental leave and fertility support.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan.
- $500/month lifestyle spending account.
- Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees.
- One Medical membership.
Skills
C++, C, Webrtc, Streaming Protocols, Media Processing, iOS, Android, Node.js, Go, Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis, Machine Learning, Concurrent Systems, Asynchronous I/O, Distributed Systems
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