Engineering Manager - Social

Suno; New York (NY); On-site; USD 277,000 - 346,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Equity

401(k) with employer match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

11 paid holidays

Parental leave 16 weeks

Education stipend

Commuter allowance

In-office lunch

Job summary

Suno is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Social team—an elite group of fullstack engineers building Suno’s social layer from notifications to profiles and the follow graph. You’ll own talent, delivery, and technical direction, while partnering with product, design, and data science to shape what social means for music.

You’ll grow the team, set the bar with hands-on leadership, and help expand Suno’s network and retention. This onsite NYC role reports to the Engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in software engineering, including 2–4 years managing engineers — hiring, developing, and running performance cycles.
• Genuine, demonstrable intuition for social products and network effects — you’re a user and a first-principles thinker about what makes products sticky.
• Enough technical depth to guide architecture and stay hands-on — you can review code and weigh trade-offs.
• Track record of creating structure in ambiguous 0→1 environments, shipping consumer social products at startup pace.
• Strong asynchronous, cross‑functional communicator who reduces ambiguity.
• A love of music (listening, exploring, making).

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of fullstack product engineers who own Suno’s social layer — notifications, profiles, the follow graph, and social engagement from sharing to comments
• Grow the team by hiring strong engineers, developing them across the stack, and maintaining high performance standards
• Set technical direction for social systems at scale — architecture for follow graph, notifications, and profiles
• Collaborate with product, design, and data science on roadmap ideation and emergent social behaviors
• Ship retention-driving features with end-to-end rigor: metrics, logging, dogfooding, post-launch follow-up
• Advance Suno’s mission by building the network that lets people create and experience music together

Skills

Social product intuition

Network effects

Hands-on architecture

Startup experience

Strong communicator

Music love

Job description

About Suno

We're building the world's first creative entertainment platform, where the entire world can feel the joy and fulfillment of making music. Music is for everyone: Our users include everyone from grandmothers creating songs for their loved ones, to Grammy winners using Suno Studio, our power tool, to make the most popular hits in the world.

Building the future of entertainment requires ambition. The pace is fast, the problems are hard, and the work demands ownership and intensity. For the right people, it’s incredibly rewarding: a chance to shape a new medium, work with a small team that cares deeply about quality, make music, drink too much coffee, and build something that millions of people use to express themselves in ways that were never before possible.

Suno is the fastest growing consumer entertainment company and the leader in AI music. We are backed by leading investors including Bond Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon, Quiet, Matrix Partners, Schroders Capital and, NVentures (venture arm of NVIDIA).

About the Role

We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to lead Suno’s Social team — a small, high-caliber group of fullstack product engineers building the network effects that turn Suno from a single-player creation tool into a creative network. You’ll own the team’s talent, delivery, and technical direction across the social layer: organic notifications, profiles and creative identity, the follow graph, and social engagement from sharing to comments. This is a hands-on leadership role — you’ll grow the team, set the technical bar by example, and partner closely with product, design, and data science to discover what social means for music. The charter is still expanding (sharing is next), so you’ll help shape where it goes, not just execute a fixed roadmap.

Listen to the Suno version of this role! https://suno.com/s/GsrerPlrPvDQymS8

What You’ll Do

• Lead a small team of fullstack product engineers who own Suno’s social layer — notifications, profiles, the follow graph, and social engagement from sharing to comments




• Grow the team by hiring strong engineers, developing them across the stack, and holding a high bar through honest, firm performance management




• Set technical direction for social systems at scale — guiding architecture for the follow graph, notifications, and profiles, and championing mobile-first API design




• Partner with product, design, and data science on roadmap ideation, discovering and fostering the emergent social behaviors that deepen engagement




• Ship retention-driving features with end-to-end rigor: metrics read-outs, logging, dogfooding, and post-launch follow-up




• Advance Suno’s mission of making creative fulfillment a daily reality by building the network that lets people create and experience music together

What You’ll Need

Must-Haves

• 5–7 years in software engineering, including 2–4 years managing engineers — hiring, developing, and running firm performance cycles




• Genuine, demonstrable intuition for social products and network effects — you’re a real user and a first-principles thinker about what makes products sticky, and you understand how to grow a network without collapsing context




• Enough technical depth to guide architecture and stay hands-on — you can review code, weigh trade-offs, and jump into the codebase when it helps




• A track record of creating structure in ambiguous, 0→1 environments, ideally shipping consumer social products at startup pace




• Strong asynchronous, cross‑functional communicator who reduces ambiguity rather than creating it




• A love of music (listening, exploring, making — we’re not picky about genre)

Nice‑to‑Haves

• Experience on a growth team — social and growth are two sides of the same coin




• Founding or 0→1 experience inside a larger organization (a “startup within a startup”)




• Fullstack range across mobile, web, and backend




• Familiarity with network‑effects and engagement‑mechanics literature

Perks & Benefits for Full-Time Employees

• Company Equity Package




• 401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k)




• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO w/ HSA & FSA options)




• 11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time




• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave




• Creative Education Stipend




• Generous Commuter Allowance




• In‑Office Lunch (5 days per week)

Additional Notes:

• Applicants must be eligible to work in the US.




• This role requires working onsite at our NYC office.

Compensation:

• The annual salary range for this role is $277K - $346K + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k)

Suno is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the Massachusetts Fair Chance in Employment Act, NYC Fair Chance Act, LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.