Decagon

Staff Research Engineer, Voice

Decagon
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7 months ago

Base Salary

$200k - $400k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead research and engineering efforts to improve production conversational capabilities, including instruction following, retrieval, memory, and long-horizon task completion
  • Build and iterate on end-to-end models and pipelines optimized for quality, efficiency, and user experience
  • Partner with platform and product engineers to integrate new models into production systems
  • Translate ambiguous research ideas into clear, iterative milestones and roadmaps
  • Mentor researchers and engineers, set technical direction, and establish best practices for applied research and engineering

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering or research
  • Experience post-training and deploying large language models in production environments
  • Fluency in Python and modern machine-learning tooling for training, evaluation, and data pipelines
  • Track record of taking research ideas from prototype to reliable, measurable production impact
  • Ability to define roadmaps, break ambiguity into milestones, and lead cross-functional execution

Benefits

  • Take-what-you-need vacation policy; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and families
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan, such as a 401(k) or pension
  • Parental leave
  • Fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot
  • Daily lunches and snacks in the office
  • In-office work arrangement

Tech Stack

Categories

AI ResearchML Engineering
Decagon

About Decagon

501-1,000 employees

Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences. Our technology enables industry-defining enterprises like Avis Budget Group, Chime, Oura Health, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, and Hunter Douglas to deploy AI agents that power personalized, deeply satisfying interactions across voice, chat, email, SMS, and every other channel. We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions, richer conversations, and deeper relationships.