30 days ago
Palo Alto, CA, USA +2 moreMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$140k - $219k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship batch transcription and streaming ASR API services.
- Own inference API design, model service integration, authentication, rate limiting, versioning, and developer documentation.
- Deploy and operate speech-to-text services across four global regions with monitoring, alerting, SLO governance, on-call rotation, incident response, and post-mortems.
- Architect high-concurrency, low-latency workloads using real-time protocols, asynchronous job pipelines, autoscaling, and cost/latency optimization.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for B2B customers and deliver API feature requests on defined timelines.
- Collaborate with the algorithm team on ASR model integration and with product on the developer platform roadmap.
Requirements
- 3+ years of backend engineering experience, including strong Go proficiency and production Go services.
- Hands-on production experience building and operating AI/ML-serving backend services, including inference API design, model integration, on-call, and incident response.
- Architecture experience with high-concurrency, low-latency platform services, multi-region deployment, WebSocket and/or gRPC, asynchronous or queue-based pipelines, and autoscaling.
- Experience designing and shipping public-facing APIs or SDKs with authentication, rate limiting, versioning, and developer documentation.
- Professional written and spoken English proficiency for documentation and direct B2B customer engagement.
Benefits
- $140K-$219K base salary plus performance bonus and equity.
- Top-tier healthcare, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents with an employer subsidy.
- 401(k) plan with company matching for full-time employees.
- Unlimited paid time off and 13 paid holidays.
- 12 weeks of paid new-parent leave regardless of gender.
- Hybrid schedule requiring at least three days in the office per week.
- Choice of a new laptop and workstation setup, plus office equipment, annual offsites, and free drinks and snacks.
Tech Stack
GogRPC
Categories
About Plaud
Plaud builds AI-powered hardware devices and companion apps that capture, transcribe, and summarize meetings and other conversations for professionals. The company sells its consumer electronics and meeting software directly, with subscription services layered on its devices and cloud platform. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, Plaud is privately held and lists SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001/27701 compliance.