Sound Engineer

Pocket FM Corp.; India; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Pocket FM is seeking a talented Sound Engineer to shape narrative through audio, balancing dialogue, music, and effects for immersive experiences. You will craft and master fiction-based content, design ambiences, and ensure platform-optimized output for headphones and mobile.

You will work at the intersection of traditional sound design and Gen AI tools, delivering high-quality audio across episodes, promos, and varied storytelling styles, with fast turnaround and creative reasoning guiding

Qualifications

• Narrative sensitivity for pacing, timing, and sonic intention.
• Ability to deliver fast without compromising quality.
• Flexibility across episodes, promos, and storytelling styles.
• Decisions backed by creative reasoning, not habit.

Responsibilities

• Craft: Edit, mix, and master fiction-based audio content
• Immerse: Design immersive ambiences, textures, and FX
• Balance: Perfect dialogue, music, and environmental layers for clarity
• Optimize: Deliver platform-optimized output for headphones and mobile
• Scale: Maintain consistent quality even at high production volume

Skills

Narrative sensitivity

Speed and finesse

Agility across formats

Intentionality in decisions

Job description

Pocket FM is the world’s leading Gen AI-native audio entertainment platform. We recently crossed $400M ARR, scaling our second $200M in just 12 months by rebuilding the storytelling stack around AI. With 250M+ listeners and 80,000+ hours of content produced monthly, we aren't just automating stories, we’re supercharging them. We provide creators with the high-velocity iteration tools once reserved for engineers, enabling global, data-aware storytelling that hits harder and travels faster.

About the role

Sound Engineering at Pocket FM goes beyond technical execution, it is the process of shaping narrative through audio. A Sound Engineer builds tension, emotion, and presence through deliberate sound choices. Every mix you create becomes the listener’s world. We believe sound should not just be heard, it should stay with the listener.

Core responsibilities

• Craft: Edit, mix, and master fiction-based audio content
• Immerse: Design immersive ambiences, textures, and FX
• Balance: Perfect dialogue, music, and environmental layers for clarity
• Optimize: Deliver platform-optimized output for headphones and mobile
• Scale: Maintain consistent quality even at high production volume

What strong candidates demonstrate

• Narrative Sensitivity: An instinct for pacing, timing, and sonic intention
• Speed & Finesse: Ability to deliver fast without letting quality slip
• Agility: Flexibility across episodes, promos, and storytelling styles
• Intentionality: Decisions backed by creative reasoning, not habit

Gen-AI capability - a required future skill

The next evolution of audio is hybrid: engineer + AI workflow operator. We value Sound Engineers who can integrate AI for efficiency and creative expansion. AI is not replacing craft, it is amplifying it.

Gen-AI Skills

• TTS (text-to-speech) & Voice Conversion Tech (e.g., ElevenLabs, Respeecher) to create & refine AI-generated voice outputs
• AI-narrator & synthetic voice workflows
• AI-generated ambience & FX
• Batch processing automations
• Rapid tool exploration & iteration
• AI-integrated DAW software, tools, and specialized AI audio plugins
• Narrative-aware sound design
• Consistent finishing output

Why this role matters

Massive Scale: Your work shapes how stories are understood and felt by millions

Modern Sandbox: Pure room to experiment with modern tools and AI techniques

Future-Proof Growth: High potential to grow as an industry-leading, AI-forward Sound Engineer