Staff Software Engineer, Voice Agent

📋 Description Own the architecture of Northwind Robotics’s real-time voice runtime and roadmap Lead initiatives to improve speech understanding, synthesis quality, and 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 apps 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 Experience with speech recognition, synthesis, or real-time audio systems 🎁 Benefits Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements) Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family Life Insurance and Disability Benefits Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension) Parental Leave Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot