Senior Software Engineer

Who you are

• 10+ years of software development experience building and maintaining production quality audio software
• Have driven complex, ambiguous technical initiatives from problem definition through delivery
• Expert audio engineer, knowing intimate details of signal processing, real-time systems development, multithreading, and AI/model solutions
• Expert at software performance optimization
• You’ve built software with JUCE or other plugin frameworks
• You've written production-quality code in C++ and TypeScript. Expert C++ developer
• Strong architectural skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong agentic coding skills, including harness engineering
• You have a bias towards action and experimentation
• You are driven by quality
• You can translate ambiguous, on-the-ground insights into a concrete plan and rally others around it
• You are not afraid to ask questions
• You are comfortable, or even prefer working across technical stacks
• You get excited about data and using it to make technical decisions
• You communicate clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
• You are comfortable both deploying and maintaining code in an agile environment
• You thrive on delivering quality work under tight deadlines
• Technical experience with the following:
• Angular UI Framework, Rust, Go
• WebAssembly and Emscripten
• IOS or Android development using the native tool chains
• Web Audio
• Musical background as an instrumentalist or vocalist
• Music creation software experience
• Implemented AI models for inference in a creative field (audio, image, video)
• Trained AI models for use in a creative field (audio, image, video)

What the job involves

• As a Senior Software Engineer II on the Audio Core team, you'll work with Engineering, Design, and Product Management to help our users create incredible music
• You'll drive the development and improvement of large, complex applications, libraries, and services that power our DAW Plugins, Web, Desktop, and Mobile apps — and use your experience to shape the roadmap, not just execute against it
• You'll have the opportunity to influence the creative flow of musicians while working with talented, creative and inclusive teammates
• Lead the design and implementation of the audio engine that powers Splice’s DAW plugins
• Work closely with the Product Management and Product Design members to help shape the user experience
• Represent the team in technical and business related discussions
• Propose new solutions that improve the maintenance, efficiency, or feature depth, get buy-in across the organization, and realize those proposals
• Reach beyond your comfort zone to make changes in UI and back-end code
• Rapidly iterate and experiment with new concepts for creative workflows
• Participate in code reviews to shape our code—and the way we think and talk about our work
• Serve as the go-to expert in an area of the codebase, and proactively share that knowledge across the broader engineering organization
• Facilitate alignment across teams on goals and technical tradeoffs; author RFCs to propose new feature implementations or improvements to existing ones
• Oversee multiple concurrent projects that deliver measurable results tied to organizational goals, working cross-functionally to align stakeholders
• Mentor other engineers, regularly provide constructive feedback, and help raise the bar in code reviews for how we build and approach our work

Benefits

• Time Off: Unlimited PTO to recharge and thrive
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and company match
• Parental Support: 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for non-birthing parents, and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents
• Flexible Work Options: Work remotely or connect at our office hubs and creative spaces worldwide
• Professional Growth: Annual learning budget, leadership programs, and team ambassador opportunities
• Community & Connection: Inclusive events, team meet-ups, and vibrant Employee Resource Groups