Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join SoundHound AI's Restaurant Applications team as a Staff Software Engineer. You will design and implement interactive user interfaces for consumers and brand teams, architect scalable front-end systems, and collaborate with designers and engineers. The role involves driving solutions to technical challenges, influencing stakeholders, improving brand onboarding, and working on systems handling millions of voice AI conversations. You will also refine UX based on user feedback and usage analytics. This remote position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, with the option for remote work across most of the United States.

Requirements

• Have 12 years of software engineering experience
• Have expertise with React, including hooks, context, and modern patterns
• Have hands-on experience with state management libraries (Redux, Zustand, Recoil, Reframe) and data-fetching strategies (GraphQL or REST)
• Have solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3 (Flexbox/Grid) and CSS-in-JS or utility-first frameworks (e.g., Tailwind)
• Have proficiency in implementing accessibility standards (WCAG) and responsive design
• Have strong UI/UX skills with an eye for pixel-perfect implementation
• Have familiarity with design tools (Figma, Sketch) and prototyping workflows, bring knowledge of real-time frameworks (WebSocket, GraphQL Subscriptions) and data visualization libraries (D3.js, Recharts)
• Have experience working directly with customers to gather feedback and improve applications

Responsibilities

• Drive end to end solutions to ambiguous and open-ended technical challenges
• Design and architect responsive, high performance web applications
• Influence key stakeholders within the organization to generate new products and adopt new processes and practices
• Continuously improve our brand onboarding and operational excellence capabilities
• Collaborate with product and design teams to build world-class applications
• Work on systems that handle millions of voice AI conversations per year
• Identify and eliminate sources of toil and inefficiency in systems and processes
• Proactively refine UX based on user feedback and usage analytics, driving measurable improvements in adoption, task completion time, and error rates

Preferred Qualifications

• Are interested in learning Clojurescript, Reagent and Reframe
• Bring experience with ClojureScript, Reagent, and Reframe
• Have a background in restaurant technology, hospitality, or operations-focused SaaS products
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and a growth mindset
• Communicate effectively while collaborating across distributed teams

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare
• Paid time off