Senior Software Engineer, Output
Full Stack
$120-180k
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Creative software platform for music makers
Job no longer available
Creative software platform for music makers
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$120-180k
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To give music producers all the tools they need to create amazing new music, sounds, and reach new inspiration.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years experience as a full-stack software developer delivering impactful, high-quality software applications for production systems
- Proficiency building complex UIs and interactive applications with web technologies
- Proficiency building single page applications using React, Redux, or similar frameworks
- Fluency in JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS3, HTML5, and RESTful API integration
- Proficiency with front-end coding and debugging, with understanding and application of high performance web application concerns such as asynchronous loading and caching
- Proficiency with high performance 2D Canvas and/or WebGL applications a plus
- Experience designing and consuming GraphQL and REST APIs
- Experience with backend architectural patterns, technologies, tools, and best practices
- Experience with micro services and other architectural patterns a plus
- Experience with C++ audio software development a plus
- Experience with music creation tools and software applications a plus
- Ability to quickly familiarize yourself with new technologies and software stacks
- Dedication to industry-standard development process and long-term codebase quality
- Experience working with cross-functional product teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to propose solutions and back them up with sound reasoning
- Bonus: Passion for democratizing music making and empowering creative music makers
What the job involves
- The Output team is looking for an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join the product team and help us deliver high-quality user-facing features in an agile environment
- You will contribute to the development of complex web applications and deploy web APIs on a small development team in collaboration with product and design leadership
- You’ll be developing in a modern TypeScript/React/PIXI.js application with a bespoke communication layer to interact with the underlying C++ application
- You’ll be at the forefront of our efforts to push the boundaries of what’s possible in music-making, working closely with a team of passionate and talented individuals who are dedicated to making a unique impact in the music industry at a crucial time
- Design, develop, and deploy client audio applications with a focus on software quality, performance, and reliability
- Design, develop, and deploy backend services to support client applications
- Collaborate closely with other engineers, product designers, and sound designers, becoming a core member of a product team
- Actively participate in scrum process - work breakdown, grooming, estimation, planning and execution of software development work as part of a scrum team
- Provide architectural leadership for projects - Understand critical tradeoffs and prioritize paying down tech debt along the way
- Build, operate and maintain infrastructure, tools, and CI/CD deployment pipeline. Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team
- Be a role model for the team on SW engineering best practices, leading by example
- Lead technical projects from start to finish - ability to apply lean process
- Strong judgment to drive project trade-off decisions between complexity and lead time
- Advocate for making quality implicit in our engineering processes and practices
Our take
Output creates software for musicians. The platform aims to boost musical creativity and innovation by providing users with an endless range of instruments and sound manipulation tools. The company claims to be behind music created by and for famous names including Rihanna, Drake, Justin Timberlake, and Kendrick Lamar.
Founded by music composer Gregg Lehrman, the brand started by offering basic software for music makers working outside of a studio. The service has seen significant uptake from hobbyists and music enthusiasts, with a large portion of the company's income coming from Arcade, a database of music samples available for a monthly subscription fee.
Other providers such as Splice and Noiz exist and offer access to a library of music samples, but Output has now taken a more holistic approach. What started as software has now expanded into a suite of products, including instruments and even customised furniture. An AI music "co-producer" to spark creativity was launched in 2024, indicating Output's continued push for innovation.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Oct 2020
$45m
SERIES A
Total funding: $45m
Company benefits
- We have embraced the “work from anywhere revolution” and will continue to hire all roles remotely unless otherwise stated
- Our Los Angeles office will remain open to those needing a space or looking for a place to collaborate with other teams
- Our culture has always valued our employee’s work-life balance and we offer 5 weeks of PTO
- Excellent health care
- Community of music enthusiasts- with access to our music studios (once it is safe to return)
Company HQ
Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Gregg Lehrman
(CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they worked as an Assistant to Hans Zimmer and a Creative Director of Silkscreen Music. They spent 2 years as Executive Producer of Universal Music Publishing Group before founding Output in November 2013.
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