AI Engineer (Voice Agents)
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Job Location:
Lasara, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Role
We are looking for a hands-on AI Engineer who can build production-grade voice agents using modern generative-AI stacks such as VAPI ElevenLabs Deepgram OpenAI Realtime or similar platforms.
This role is ideal for someone who is naturally curious learns independently and loves staying ahead of the rapidly-changing AI landscape.
Applications are only considered if submitted through our official platform
What Youll Do
Build test and deploy real-time voice agents that handle live customer conversations end-to-end.
Use tools like VAPI ElevenLabs Deepgram Whisper Speechmatics or other voice stacks.
Prototype quickly iterate aggressively and turn early MVPs into production-ready agents.
Integrate LLMs with telephony tools APIs vector DBs and backend workflows.
Analyze and improve conversational flows latency hallucinations and overall reliability.
Work closely with senior engineers and founders on real customer deployments.
Continuously self-learn emerging tools frameworks and model capabilitiesand bring new ideas to the team.
What Makes You a Great Fit
Proven work: Youve built at least 12 working voice agents or AI projects (personal academic hackathon internship).
Strong understanding of LLMs prompts retrieval and foundational agent concepts.
Experience with TTS/ASR providers (ElevenLabs Deepgram Whisper etc.).
Solid programming skills (Python or JS/TS preferred).
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced iterative startup-style environment.
Self-learner with a habit of exploring new tools reading docs watching updates and experimenting independently.
Passionate about generative AI and excited by weekly releases of new models techniques and frameworks.
Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)
Experience with VAPI PlayAI Retell or other voice agent frameworks.
Familiarity with RAG embeddings and vector databases (Pinecone Weaviate Chroma).
Understanding of real-time system optimizations and low-latency design.
Experience deploying apps or agents to cloud platforms (AWS GCP Vercel).
Due to high application volume only candidates who apply through our website will be reviewed
Please Note: All official communications will be sent from our parent company Vikara () and candidates are required to create an account on the Aithors platform (powered by Vikara) as part of our hiring process.
