Remote C++ Backend Optimization Engineer for Audio AI

The Audio Programmer; Greater London; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Audio Programmer is seeking a Backend Optimization Engineer for a remote role. You will work with an international team to accelerate neural network inference and DSP pipelines using advanced C++ techniques.

Join a team of R&D engineers who value freedom, responsibility, and getting things done. This role offers remote work from anywhere with opportunities to influence systems, product architecture, and performance improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong skills in Modern C++ (C++17/20/23).
• Experience with memory management, concurrency, and performance optimisation techniques.
• Understanding of compiler design principles, including ASTs, IRs and optimisation passes.
• Familiar with computational graph optimization and execution strategies within AI inference engines.
• Understanding of performance profiling and tuning methodologies (cache misses, memory bandwidth, thread contention).
• Able to design clean, extensible architectures for new framework features.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly efficient computation kernels and client-side infrastructure to accelerate neural network inference / DSP pipeline.
• Contribute to system and architectural decisions with a focus on performance and scalability.

Skills

Modern C++

Memory management

Concurrency

Compiler design

AI inference engines

Performance profiling

Architectural design

Tools

oneTBB

OpenMP

Vulkan

CUDA

OpenCL

Metal

SYCL

Job description

The Audio Programmer is seeking a Backend Optimization Engineer for a remote role. You will work with an international team to accelerate neural network inference and DSP pipelines using advanced C++ techniques.

Join a team of R&D engineers who value freedom, responsibility, and getting things done. This role offers remote work from anywhere with opportunities to influence systems, product architecture, and performance improvements.