Software Engineer II

Software Engineer II

Canada (remote)

Innovation

24 days ago

Remote

Full-time

Your Career, our Future—Together.

Ready to join something big? At SoundHound AI, we bring voice, generative, and conversational AI together to transform how people interact with products and services. From voice-enabled vehicles to food ordering and customer support, our multilingual, omnichannel technology already impacts hundreds of millions worldwide.

The Opportunity

This role is focused on helping scale SoundHound’s proprietary real-time audio-to-audio platform in order to support next generation Conversational AI solutions. This includes new product integrations, reducing latency, and improving general platform robustness.

What You'll Do

• Contribute targeted software improvements to the platform Service Layer and other components as needed

• Help address customer feedback as platform adoption increases

• Implement comprehensive automated tests to ensure production changes can be made quickly and safely

What You'll Bring

Must Have

• 4 years of professional experience working on complex latency-sensitive production systems

• Ability to read and understand complex C++ code, and make targeted changes as needed

• High proficiency with Python for production-grade software

• Understanding of fundamental data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to solve business problems with code

• Skill in methodically solving complex problems from first principles

• Natural curiosity to experiment to find optimizations on key metrics

• High agency and resourcefulness to be successful despite challenges and changing requirements

• Deep commitment to collective success

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with audio processing (esp. streaming)

• Experience using Docker and Kubernetes to automate deployments

Workplace & Compensation

This role is available throughout Canada. Employees within a 100-kilometer radius of our Toronto office are expected to work from the office on three pre-scheduled “core days” each month to encourage cross-team connection and in-person collaboration.

Compensation includes salary, equity, comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and other benefits. Our recruiting team will provide a specific salary range based on location and years of experience.

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Let's Start the Conversation

Join SoundHound AI and collaborate with colleagues worldwide who are shaping the future of voice AI. Guided by our values—supportive, open, undaunted, nimble, and determined to win—we strive to build breakthrough AI experiences together.

We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process and employment. To view our job applicant privacy policy, please visit https://static.soundhound.com/corpus/ta/applicantprivacynotice.html.

Discover more about our philosophy, benefits, and culture at https://www.soundhound.com/careers.

***Please beware of agency recruiters falsely stating that they represent SoundHound AI on job posts. Our job post above will note if we are utilizing a specific agency to assist with the search. Our recruiters use @soundhound.com email addresses exclusively.

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