Creative Coder

Meta; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Health benefits

Job summary

A leading technology company in Los Angeles is looking for a Creative Coder to drive audio experiences in innovative projects. The role requires over 7 years of experience in implementing sonic experiences and at least 5 years in development with languages like C++, Kotlin, and Python. You will collaborate with various teams to enhance audio functionality and create immersive audio systems. The position offers a competitive salary, equity, and benefits, emphasizing creativity and technical insights in sound technology.

Qualifications

• 7+ years implementing/coding sonic experiences for products.
• 5+ years development experience with at least two programming languages.
• Experience building large scale audio programs.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to enhance audio functionality.
• Lead audio engineering efforts in cross-functional partnerships.
• Develop audio prototypes and experiences.

Skills

C++

Kotlin

Javascript

RUST

Python

Audio engineering leadership

Project management

Time management

Education

BA/BS in Audio or Music Technology, Computer Science, Transmedia, or equivalent work experience

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Librosa

Unity

Unreal

GitHub

Perforce

Job description

The Creative Audio team is seeking a Creative Coder for the Tech & Prototypes department. This role collaborates closely with Engineering and Product Design to define sound functionality and deliver advanced audio systems. It involves developing advanced audio solutions, optimizing performance, refining tools, and solving complex technical challenges. As a key contributor and leader to Meta’s day-to-day sound design, the Creative Coder provides creative and technical insights to drive immersive and agentic audio experiences, offering a long runway for creativity, innovation, and empowerment to push the boundaries of sound technology and make a meaningful impact.

Creative Coder Responsibilities

• Identity potential large scale opportunities within Meta and partner with design and engineering teams to deliver state of the art audio functionality, tooling and pipeline solutions
• Provide audio engineering leadership to cross-functional partners, improving audio quality and automating workflows across Meta products and platforms through agentic pipelines
• Use creativity and product thinking to develop audio-focused prototypes and experiences that drive team and company success
• Support AI Audio teams throughout every stage of the model lifecycle, from training through implementation
• Implement existing audio models into product pipelines
• Build functional prototypes from early concepts across a range of prototype fidelities, using a variety of design tools and programming languages, and implement on multiple platforms
• Drive audio specific features from a technical perspective, ensuring scalability and high performance quality
• Convey prototype design decisions to internal stakeholders and provide feedback to partners
• Prep and test for implementation accuracy as well as collaborating with internal and external team members to address bugs and optimize sounds in the product
• Leverage code as a design medium to bridge the gap between product goals and engineering implementation, as well as unlock features for external developers
• Demonstrate thought leadership in the convergence of artificial intelligence and audio technologies, actively staying informed on state-of-the-art developments and industry trends

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years implementing/coding sonic experiences for products in mobile, hardware, and/or non-traditional immersive environments
• 5+ years development experience with at least two of these languages: C++. Kotlin, Javascript, RUST and Python
• Experience building large scale audio programs with solid OOP architecture
• Demonstrated understanding of DSP and audio signal processing
• Experience implementing LLMs and Agentic behavior on AI audio workflows
• Experience debugging code in a variety of development environments
• Experience with managing collaboration tools and version control systems such as GitHub, Perforce, etc
• Experience leading projects and prioritizing, based on company goals
• Time-management and organizational skills to meet delivery specifications and deadlines
• BA/BS in Audio or Music Technology, Computer Science, Transmedia, or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building AI audio pipelines using tools such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Langchain and audio processing libraries (e.g., Librosa, torchaudio), integrating models, data preprocessing, feature extraction and building RAG pipelines
• An understanding of spatial audio, and experience implementing immersive sound experiences
• Experience with generative sound or music, speech synthesis, or NLP
• Audio Implementation and/or design for shipping AR and VR experiences (Unity, Unreal and/or Spark, React, Snap, MARS)
• Experience with WebAudio and/or Tone.js and/or OpenAL
• Experience with embedded software development for audio consumer electronics hardware
• Knowledge of acoustics, equipment set ups and calibration experience with hardware and electronic prototypes and configuration

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$154,000/year to $216,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.