Senior Data Intelligence Engineer
Deepgram - United States
Hiring: Senior Data Intelligence Engineer Company: Deepgram Location: United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 10:21:12 Target Skills & Keywords : Cloudflare, Python, RAG, SQL, SaaS, Salesforce, Twilio, dbt About the job Experience: •000 years of audio and transcribed more than 1 trillion words. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram. •5+ years in high-growth Data or AI Engineering roles. Required Skills: •Reporting to the Head of Decision Intelligence •, you are the founding engineer of the Data Intelligence team. While the Head of Data sets the strategic "Brain" of the company, you build the nervous system. You are not building legacy dashboards; instead you are building the API-based tools, dbt models, and semantic layers that allow AI agents to navigate our data environment autonomously. •Semantic Layer Architecture: Build and maintain high-fidelity dbt and SQL models that serve as the "ground truth" for our complex, usage-based revenue models. •Agent Tooling & Integration: Develop the tools and permissions frameworks that allow "Analyst Agents" to query Athena, correlate Salesforce churn signals, and identify API latency issues. •Infrastructure Evolution: Serve as the technical bridge to the Engineering/Infra team to ensure our data contracts are "agent-ready" and highly reliable. •The "Unlock Audio Intelligence" Project: Partner with the Head of Data to ingest thousands of hours of internal calls using Deepgram’s own models, turning unstructured audio into queryable insights for GTM teams. •Automation Obsession: Maintain a culture where manual, repetitive SQL tasks are viewed as automation bugs to be solved with code and agents. Qualifications: •AI-Native Technical Skills: Mastery of SQL and Python (production-grade) with a proven track record of building RAG or Agentic systems on top of structured data. •Usage-Based SaaS Fluency: Familiarity with the metrics of an API-first business, such as consumption patterns, gross margins, and NRR. •Builder Mindset: Comfort with "work-in-progress" infrastructure and the ability to turn messy, siloed data into high-impact business logic. •Prior experience as a Software Engineer or Data Engineer. •Contributions to open-source data or AI projects. •: We're aware of individuals impersonating Deepgram recruiters. All legitimate Deepgram recruiting communication comes from an @ •Email address. If you've received a message claiming to be Deepgram, please forward it to careers@deepgram.com. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!