Creative Coder

Meta

Seattle, WA

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SKILLS

Accounts Receivable, Acoustics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audio Engineering, Audio Hardware, Audio System Design, Audiovisual, C++ Programming Language, Calibration, Cisco Unity, Consumer Electronics, Data Modeling, Debugging Skills, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Embedded Software, Emerging Technology, Establish Priorities, GitHub, JavaScript, Kotlin, Machine Tool, Mobile Devices, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Music, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Object Oriented Design (OOD), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Organizational Skills, Perforce Source Control Management (SCM) Software, Performance Management, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Precision Testing, Product Design, Product Engineering, Programming Languages, Prototyping, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Management, Risk Analysis, Signal Processing, Software Development, Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), Speech Synthesis, Technical/Engineering Design, Time Management

LOCATION

Seattle, WA

POSTED

30+ days ago

**Summary:** Creative Audio is a centralized team that touches every product Meta produces, making our team integral to the company. We collaborate with product and creative teams across Meta to design audio for video, post-production audio, final mixing and mastering, audio field recording, sound effects, and large scale content projects across a wide range of software and hardware, including but not limited to your phone, glasses, VR headsets a mix of Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality across these devices. We're a team of over 60 audio experts who design the experiences that connect people through the power of sound.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 to Meta's day-to-day sound design, the Creative Coder provides creative and technical insights to drive innovative, 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. **Required Skills:** Creative Coder Responsibilities: 1. Collaborate with design and engineering teams to deliver state of the art audio functionality, tooling and pipeline solutions 2. Provide audio engineering guidance to partners with a focus on empowering sound designers, composers, and ultimately creators, and improving audio quality across all Meta products and platforms 3. Use creativity and product thinking to develop innovative audio-focused prototypes and experiences that drive team and company success 4. 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 5. Drive audio specific features from a technical perspective, ensuring scalability and high performance quality 6. Communicate prototype design decisions to internal stakeholders and provide feedback to partners 7. 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 8. Leverage code as a design medium to bridge the gap between product goals and engineering implementation, as well as unlock features for external developers **Minimum Qualifications:** Minimum Qualifications: 9. 4+ years implementing/coding sonic experiences for products in mobile, hardware, and/or non-traditional immersive environments 10. 3+ years development experience with at least two of these languages: C++. Kotlin, Javascript, RUST and Python 11. Experience with object-oriented programming and design 12. Understanding of DSP and audio signal processing 13. Experience with LLMs and prompt engineering 14. Experience debugging code in a variety of development environments 15. Experience with managing collaboration tools and version control systems such as GitHub, Perforce, etc 16. Experience prioritizing tasks and adapting quickly to changes in scope 17. Time-management and organizational skills to meet delivery specifications and deadlines **Preferred Qualifications:** Preferred Qualifications: 18. An understanding of spatial audio, and experience implementing immersive sound experiences 19. 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 RAG methodologies 20. Experience with generative sound or music, speech synthesis, or NLP 21. Audio Implementation and/or design for shipping AR and VR experiences (Unity, Unreal and/or Spark, React, Snap, MARS) 22. Experience with WebAudio and/or Tone.js and/or OpenAL 23. Experience with embedded software development for audio consumer electronics hardware 24. Knowledge of acoustics, equipment set ups and calibration experience with hardware and electronic prototypes and configuration 25. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements) 26. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews) 27. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies **Public Compensation:** $132,000/year to $181,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits **Industry:** Internet **Equal Opportunity:** Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment. Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.

Creative Coder

Meta

Seattle, WA

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