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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # generalist Software Engineer - **Company:** RIME, INC. - **Location:** Rome, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Application Layers, User Authentication, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Debugging, Systems Integration, Core Api, Backend, Low Latency, Live Streaming, Machine Learning Operations - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-rime-ai-unusual-ventures-8414056 ## About the Role * 5+ years of IC engineering experience with strong backend fundamentals. * Experience with at least one low level language: C++, Rust, Go. * Systems-level thinking: you understand what's happening at the network, storage, and runtime layers, not just the application layer. * You build clean interfaces and design for loose coupling; you don't create systems only you can debug. Bias towards codification and reproducibility. * Comfortable moving through an unfamiliar codebase and shipping without extensive hand-holding. * Strong async written communication - we're global and the written word is how work gets done. Bonus points * Experience integrating 3rd party API's, such as payments, monitoring, and CRMs. * Experience with gRPC or other bidirectional binary streaming protocols. * Experience with multilingual monorepos where you pick the best language out of merit more than personal experience. * Experience with cloud infrastructure. * Experience at a small startup where the scope of your role was broad and undefined. * Comfort working within ML systems ## Description We're hiring a generalist Software Engineer to work across Rime's stack - platform APIs, systems, infrastructure, and wherever the company needs to move next. Your exact focus will evolve by design: we're building toward a next-generation architecture (gRPC-first, heterogeneous model serving, bidirectional streaming), and we need engineers who can operate across layers rather than stay confined to one. If you have strong fundamentals, a bias for clean interfaces, and the instinct to understand systems end-to-end, this role is for you. What You'll Own You'll be involved in a collection of the following: * Platform APIs: authentication, billing, account management, and the surface that keeps the business running. * Feature work across the stack - supporting the rollout of the next generation of our tts and end-to-end speech models. * Integration and migration work as Rime evolves: token-based authentication, new billing and metering providers. * Maintenance and hardening of the current TTS API stack and assisting in its evolution. * Realtime, low-latency, horizontally scalable streaming speech infrastructure. ## Related Videos - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Insights from building the Canva Developers Platform to empower 185 million designers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/942-insights-from-building-the-canva-developers-platform-to-empower-185-million-designers) - [Swapping Low Latency Data Storage Under High Load](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/746-swapping-low-latency-data-storage-under-high-load) - [Rust Beyond Systems: Revolutionizing Web Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1111-rust-beyond-systems-revolutionizing-web-development) - [Why make use of an integration platform in today's software developments and infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/758-why-make-use-of-an-integration-platform-in-today-s-software-developments-and-infrastructure) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers)