Director of Engineering-Recommendations

August 29

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What's next in music is first on SoundCloud.

Technology • Mobile • Sales • Content • Software Developer

201 - 500

Description

• SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. • You will drive technical strategy and execution of projects. • You will be responsible for development of key services such as personalized home feed ranking, personalized playlists generation, related music recommendations and artist stations. • You will have end-to-end ownership of the software engineering and machine learning infrastructure necessary to leverage the data. • You will prioritize activities, delegate and supervise all engineers’ activities and deliverables. • Act as a technical liaison to and representative for other teams, groups, and the entire company.

Requirements

• Experience with managing engineers and scientists. • A strong engineering and data science background, knowledge and experience on recommendation engine and machine learning systems, being able to evaluate complex technical decisions. • Industry experience building data-driven products and implementing machine-learning solutions at scale. • Experience in maintaining large cloud systems over time, establishing a technical roadmap and balancing product and engineering concerns • Extensive experience with and in-depth knowledge of agile methodologies. • Demonstrated expertise in problem solving and technical innovation. • Recruiting and culturally-informed communication skills.

Benefits

• Not located in Berlin? No worries, we offer extensive relocation support including allowances, one way flights, temporary accommodation and, by partnering with Expath, on the ground support on arrival • Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit! • Employee Stock Ownership Plan • Professional development allowance • Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually • We offer free German courses at beginning, intermediate and advanced • Various snacks, goodies and 2 free lunches weekly at the office!