Senior Software Engineer | Search (all genders)

Your gig

Here’s your chance to join! Effective immediately, we’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer | Search (all genders) to become a part of our Search and Discovery team, located in Salzburg, Austria. It will be a permanent full-time position (hybrid).

• You will be part of a global team working on the bleeding edge of music industry Search & Discovery tools
• You will conduct research across a wide range of topics within the information retrieval space, developing / iterating POCs with clients and bringing forward to production systems
• You will contribute to projects that facilitate the success of Marketing, Licensing and Analytics departments, and technologies powering Artist facing tools
• You will be interacting with customers and clients in a "forward-deployed" manner, upholding architectural and engineering standards across several business units

We are keen to jam with you if:

• You have several years software engineering experience with proficiency in compiled and scripting languages, e.g. Python, Golang, Rust, C/C++ or Java
• You are familiar with information retrieval systems and search index internals, e.g. indexing, ranking, query construction, and have a deep knowledge of search platforms such as Apache Lucene or Elasticsearch
• You have worked on production codebases, data processing pipelines and understand large-scale system architecture in detail
• You have optimised / productionised ML pipelines and models

Bonus points:

• Applied ML research / engineering experience specialising in Information Retrieval systems
• Experience developing LLM-adjacent tools and technologies, e.g. RAG, knowledge graphs, prompt engineering, embedding models, and vector stores
• Knowledge of AI safety + alignment, and Gen AI-specific web security e.g. prompt injection and social engineering

Your personality matters:

• Software engineering is a team-gig: Getting along with each other on a professional level is important; talking the same language is crucial; knowing when and how to say yes or no, when to ask questions, how to disagree in a constructive way is critical
• Don’t expect everything to be pre-digested: you have a voice and an impact on the success of the product which is driven by a constant feedback loop that surfaces different perspectives; you will need to look at problems and creatively come up with solutions on your own
• You strive for mastery in your profession; you are a life-long learner and never lose your curiosity
• You've been described as reliable and well-organized which allows you to stay focused, structured and calm - even in stressful situations
• Your thinking is guided by strategy, analysis, and innovation which enables you to connect the dots quickly and logically
• You favour pragmatic approaches and know the difference between a perfect and a functional solution
• You have a user-focused mindset, i.e. you care about delivering features that solve real problems, and fast iteration is second nature to you

What we have to offer:

• A team of wonderful and highly qualified colleagues working in a friendly and agile environment
• Flexible working conditions allowing for a great work-live balance (partially remote is possible)
• The role comes with a collective agreement minimum gross salary of €3,175 per month - in practice, we offer an attractive and competitive compensation package tailored to your skills and experience
• Freedom of choice for your technical equipment (Mac, Windows)
• Lots of opportunities to take on responsibility and ownership
• A generous office space, free coffee, free parking etc.
• Dolby Atmos Studio for listening sessions etc.

We look forward to receiving your application via our online application form! Please upload your documents (letter of motivation / cover letter, CV, references) as files and state your earliest starting date as well as salary expectations.