Senior Core Engineer, Modulate
$150k
3+ days a week in office (Somerville, MA)
In-game voice chat moderation
Job no longer available
In-game voice chat moderation
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$150k
3+ days a week in office (Somerville, MA)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a safer more inclusive voice chat experience for all.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with production cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred but not required)
- Experience with containerized apps (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Ability to debug systems and triage technical issues
- Expertise in at least one C-like programming language (Python, C, C++, Java, C#, PHP or similar)
- Familiarity with version control, continuous integration, and other software development practices
- Effective technical communication skills
Desirable
- Familiarity with audio processing technologies (codecs, WebRTC, Twilio, etc.)
- Experience with game development in Unity or Unreal game engines
- Interest in working directly with customers to support integrations
- Experience specifically with modern C++ library development
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core team, you'll be instrumental in making sure customers can seamlessly upload their data into our product, ToxMod
- You'll help develop a system for taking prototypes into production, allowing new customers in new industries to protect their communities from all types of harm
- You’ll have the opportunity to deploy your work at scale, processing millions of hours of audio each month
- Additionally, you’ll collaborate closely with other software engineers on the team, QA engineers, and customer success managers
- Modulate’s engineering team is at an exciting inflection point
- We have proven that our tech works in the gaming industry, and we are now working to expand to more industries and additional use cases
- Your skills and expertise will help shape our product, as well as our team as we grow
- Create and optimize services to ingest audio from VoIP and video chat services
- Transform prototypes into production-ready solutions
- Apply your knowledge of infrastructure best practices to ensure that production systems are reliable and maintainable
- Debug and troubleshoot issues in production systems
- Provide technical support for customers integrating with the systems you build
- Peer review designs and code with the other engineers on the team
- Contribute to longer-term initiatives and shared knowledge across the engineering organization and company
Our take
Anyone who has played a multiplayer online game knows it can be a free-for-all when it comes to toxic, hate-filled, abusive, and ultimately harmful speech. Modulate is attempting to take on in-game toxic speech, and even potentially predatory behavior, with its AI-powered software ToxMod.
Despite the monumental task at hand, where chat moderation risks creating an over-policed online community, Modulate asserts that its AI can distinguish between friendly banter and sinister chat. ToxMod boasts users like PokerStars VR, Rec Room, and Gun Raiders, with the company hinting at undisclosed high-profile customers. A strategic mode towards Metaverse-based game studios aligns well with the booming growth of the Metaverse gaming industry, projected at around 40% annual growth.
In a notable development, Modulate has recently forged a partnership with Activision Blizzard, signaling a more substantial role in combatting voice chat toxicity within the gaming giant's titles. This strategic alliance underscores Modulate's commitment to fostering a safer more positive online gaming environment.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2022
$30m
SERIES A
Apr 2022
$30m
SERIES A
Total funding: $66m
Company HQ
Davis Square, Somerville, MA
Leadership
Mike Pappas
(CEO)Began their career as a Technology Associate at Bridgewater Associates before joining spend and travel management software company Lola as a Software Architect.
Carter Huffman
(CTO)Previously a Software Engineer at Dimensional Insight before co-founding Modulate. Prior to this they spent two years at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory working as part of the Machine Learning and Instrument Autonomy group.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job