Senior Software Engineer, Inference
AssemblyAI · North America
Posted 19 days ago · $190,000 - $225,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 19 days AssemblyAI's roles stay open a median of 21 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 95% of AssemblyAI's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at AssemblyAI
- low 2 stale, 0 reposted of 19 open
- Hiring momentum
- 26 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from AssemblyAI's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for AssemblyAI.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer at AssemblyAI, you will work on transforming cutting-edge AI research into practical products, focusing on designing and launching customer-facing APIs. You will collaborate closely with researchers and applied teams to productionize new model capabilities, scale inference infrastructure, and contribute across various technical areas including backend services and internal tooling.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of AssemblyAI as an employer.
What you need
- Strong backend engineering experience, including building and supporting machine learning infrastructure and/or customer-facing APIs in production.
- Comfort operating with ambiguity.
- Genuine curiosity about AI/ML.
- Strong collaboration skills.
What you get
- Salary range: $190,000 - $225,000.
Worth weighing
- No specific technologies or programming languages mentioned, which may require candidates to adapt quickly.
- The role involves working in a fast-paced environment with potential ambiguity in timelines.
- The company emphasizes a lean structure, which may appeal to those seeking ownership but could also mean less support in some areas.
Summarised from AssemblyAI's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by AssemblyAI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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