Director of Engineering, Splice
$235-255k
+ Equity opportunities
Royalty-free sounds and samples for making music
Be an early applicant
Royalty-free sounds and samples for making music
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$235-255k
+ Equity opportunities
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make music creation a more fulfilling and empowering experience for all.
Role
Who you are
- Proven expertise in technical leadership within a cross-functional and distributed team environment
- Outstanding communication, organizational skills, and a user-centric mindset
- Experience implementing agile methodologies, particularly Kanban and/or Lean
- Experience leading teams building production features for SaaS applications
- Proficient in strategy planning and stakeholder management
- Demonstrated expertise in guiding senior engineers and identifying growth avenues for their continuing development
- Proven track record of mentoring and coaching early-career engineers in both personal development and business impact
What the job involves
- As Director, Engineering will report directly to the SVP Engineering and be a key member of the Engineering leadership team
- In this role, you will help elevate the leadership of other engineering leaders in the areas of people, process and product development
- You will be accountable for product engineering for Splice Sounds, providing tools that access the largest catalog of royalty-free sounds to empower music creators everywhere
- Lead, coach, and grow multiple engineering teams building the Splice Sounds product experience
- Collaborate with product leadership to drive a culture of empowered teams, fostering ownership, collaboration, and initiative across the organization
- Define clear objectives for the team and lead them in achieving those goals
- Establish and maintain efficient processes to facilitate the team's productivity
- Stay current on the latest technologies, best practices, and industry trends in software development
- Provide mentorship and guidance to early-career managers and engineers to support their technical and professional growth
- Collaborate with senior and staff engineers to shape technical strategy and secure buy-in across the organization
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Champion and advocate for engineering best practices, code quality, and scalability to maintain high standards across projects
- Show curiosity about our customer outcomes and our business, identifying higher-level insights and opportunities across departments to elevate Splice to the next level of performance and growth
Our take
Traditionally, making music has relied on instruments, musicians, and a lot of coordination. Splice turns the music industry on its head by streamlining the process of creating, collaborating, and sharing music.
Acting like a GitHub for musicians, Splice sets itself apart from other music production software by offering samples and loops to its customers for a relatively affordable monthly flat fee, while simultaneously allowing creative artists to sell their sounds for royalty-free use. As such, the platform has been used by more than 2.5 million users, from bedroom DJs to mainstream artists such as Eminem, Ariana Grande, and Drake.
Splice co-founder Steve Martocci brings a track record from his previous startup, GroupMe, which was sold to Skype for $85 million just a year after launching. Splice is now valued at nearly half a billion dollars and is focusing on partnerships and adding more samples to its library to work on its product and attract new customers.
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Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2021
$55m
SERIES D
Mar 2019
$57.5m
SERIES C
Total funding: $159.8m
Company 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
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
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Leadership
Kakul Srivastava
(CEO)Became CEO of Splice in 2022. Prior to this, they were the VP of Creative Cloud Experience & Engagement at Adobe, the CEO of Project Sublime, the VP of Product Management & Marketing at GitHub, and the CPO at WeWork.
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