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DecagonDecagonSan Francisco, CA

Staff Software Engineer, Voice Agent

Leads architecture and evolution of real-time voice platform for conversational AI agents, improving speech understanding, synthesis, timing, and reliability at scale. Requires 8+ years experience in real-time systems, audio applications, and technical leadership.

300k – 430k
Hybrid8+ YOEFullstack Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture of Decagon’s real-time voice runtime and shape its long-term roadmap
  • Lead initiatives that improve speech understanding, synthesis quality, and conversational 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 applications
  • Ability to 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

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with speech recognition or synthesis systems
  • Experience with VAD, streaming protocols, or other real-time audio systems
  • Experience designing or maintaining LLM-driven applications
  • Experience optimizing performance for low-latency use cases

Compensation

$300K – $430K + Offers Equity

Skills

Real-Time SystemsStreaming PipelinesAudio ProcessingSpeech RecognitionSpeech SynthesisVadStreaming ProtocolsLlm ApplicationsLow-Latency OptimizationNetworking
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