Staff Software Engineer

Suno; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Suno is seeking early generalist members for its software engineering team to build innovative music apps. The role involves significant ownership of technical decisions, requiring extensive experience in backend or full-stack development, and a passion for music is a strong advantage.

Benefits

Healthcare for you and your dependents, with vision and dental

401k with match

Generous commuter benefit

Flexible PTO

Qualifications

• 7+ years backend or full-stack experience is preferred.
• Experience with Postgres, Redis, Kafka.
• Web experience with React, Typescript, NextJS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build Suno’s apps for creating, exploring, and listening to music.
• Architect and build services for consumer traffic and data.
• Design systems that are performant and scalable.

Skills

Distributed systems

Data storage

Scalable systems

User experience

Job description

About Suno

At Suno, we are building a future where anyone can make music. You can make a song for any moment with just a few short words. Award-winning artists use Suno, but our core user base consists of everyday people making music — often for the first time.

We are a team of musicians and AI experts, including alumni from Spotify, TikTok, Meta and Kensho. We like to ship code, make music and drink coffee. Our company culture celebrates music and experimenting with sound — from lunchroom conversations to the studio in our office.

About the Role

We’re looking for early generalist members of our software engineering team. You’ll work closely with the founding team and have ownership of a wide variety of technical and design decisions for Suno’s product.

Check out our Suno version of the job here!

What You’ll Do

• Build Suno’s apps for creating, exploring, and listening to music

• Architect and build services to handle massive consumer traffic, data, and usage

• Design systems that are performant, scalable, and easy to observe

What You’ll Need

• 7+ years backend or full-stack experience is preferred

• A generalist, get-it-done attitude coupled with areas of technical depth

• Experience with distributed systems, datastores, and consumer scale in production (Postgres, Redis, Kafka, data warehouses, etc…)

• Web experience (React, Typescript, NextJS) is a plus

• An obsession with great user experiences, iterating & learning rapidly, and working hard

• Technical leadership or management experience is a plus

• A love of music (listening, exploring, making) is a huge plus

Additional Notes: Applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Benefits

• Healthcare for you and your dependents, with vision and dental

• 401k with match

• Generous commuter benefit

• Flexible PTO