Lead Engineer, AI Creation Tools

About BandLab

BandLab is a leading social music creation platform with a global reach of 40 million users and over 10 million songs being made every month. Through its best-in-class digital audio workstation (DAW) and audio hardware division, BandLab empowers creators to make music and share their creative process with musicians and fans on an unprecedented level. With something as simple as a mobile phone, people have gone from strumming guitars in their bedroom, spitting rhymes in the car, or singing in the shower — to creating amazing studio-quality tracks with people from all over the world.

The BandLab product family also includes BandLab for Education, an award-winning music creation platform with classroom management tools, and Cakewalk by BandLab, a professional-level digital recording studio for career musicians and producers. In November 2021 BandLab has completed the acquisition of a Music Tech company ReverbNation.

This is an opportunity to be part of an expanding Music Tech company at a growth stage and work with some of the smartest people in the industry. It is an incredibly unique place to learn a wide range of skills and address the real-world complexity of building a product that spans many countries and cultures.

Position

We are looking for a candidate with strong leadership skills and a foundation in Machine Learning who can rely on their in-depth knowledge and intuition to build AI-powered products that empower everyone to be a creator.

We expect you to be versatile in working with common Machine Learning frameworks and be able to prototype custom network architectures. In addition, you will benefit from a strong intuition of music theory, song-form, and familiarity with symbolic music representation.

Candidates applying for this position will have the opportunity to shape the future of music.

Key focus areas and responsibilities

• As Lead Engineer in the AI Creation Tools team, you will architect, develop and maintain AI products within the BandLab ecosystem from ideation to production
• You will be responsible for building and mentoring a dream team of AI/ML experts to develop novel technologies, execute product strategy, and deliver tangible outcomes for our business goals 
• You’ll work with a super talented team across BandLab Technologies. You’ll collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to solve complex problems to deliver experiences users love

Your qualification

• 5+ years of experience leading consumer-facing AI projects
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, music technology, or equivalent form of qualification (academic, professional)
• Excellent leadership and communication, experience building and scaling teams
• Substantial technical depth and system design knowledge to partner with product and engineering leads on solution creation
• Pragmatic mindset - you take an iterative approach to developing products and systems
• Enthusiasm for algorithmically generated music
• Proactive, organized, efficient, and detail-oriented

Will be a plus

• Master’s or doctorate degree (or the current pursuit thereof)
• Experience with C++ and Python
• Experience with Tensorflow
• Experience developing AI music products such as computer-generated music or audio recognition
• Strong music theory and composition background
• Familiarity with programming in a musical context, understanding of essential music technology concepts such as MIDI and signal processing

What we offer

• Healthcare, dental insurance
• Attractive paid annual leave, sick leave, childcare leave, volunteer leave and maternity leave
• Cozy working place with modern workstations
• Corporate benefits at select retail and F&B outlets