# Research Engineer, Audio and Speech at Decagon

- Company: Decagon
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Index and a16z.
- Company website: https://decagon.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $400K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/decagon/69fd28a8-0de2-45a5-9b98-33725515add4
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/decagon-research-engineer-audio-and-speech/

## About the role

As a Research Engineer focused on Audio and Speech, you’ll be responsible for building the models and agent harnesses that power Decagon’s real-time voice agents and taking them all the way from idea to production. Your work will advance multimodal and full-duplex systems that can listen, reason, speak, and respond naturally in real time.

Tags: Engineering