11 days ago
Base Salary
$159k - $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 STT 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 WebSocket or gRPC streaming, asynchronous job pipelines, autoscaling, and cost and latency optimization.
- Serve as the primary technical contact for B2B customers and deliver API feature requests on defined timelines.
- Collaborate with algorithm and product teams on ASR model integration and the developer platform roadmap.
Requirements
- 3+ years of backend engineering experience and strong Go proficiency, including production service ownership.
- Hands-on production experience building and operating AI/ML-serving backend services, including inference APIs, model integration, on-call, and incident response.
- Architecture experience with high-concurrency, low-latency services, multi-region deployments, streaming protocols, 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
- Competitive base compensation of $159K-$219K 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 PTO and 13 paid holidays.
- Twelve weeks of paid new-parent leave regardless of gender.
- Hybrid work arrangement with a minimum of three days in the office per week.
- Choice of a new top-of-the-line laptop and workstation setup.
- Annual offsites, office equipment, and free office drinks and snacks.
- Opportunity to join the founding team of a new initiative with meaningful ownership and impact.
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.