We're hiring!

Smule™ is looking for a few good women and men to help redefine the fast-paced and ever changing world of mobile software.

Smule's mission is to connect the world through music. We create social music-making experiences for everyone, no talent required. We love music and believe that everyone is inherently creative. Our dream is to bring people from all over the world together to share in the joy of creating music, with a little help from the magic of technology.

Based in San Francisco, California, Smule is the global leader in social music. Smule's community of over 70 million people has played nearly 1 billion songs using Smule's apps including Magic Piano, AutoRap, Songify, Sing!, Glee Karaoke, I am T-Pain and Ocarina.

Smule's investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Granite Ventures, Shasta Ventures, and Floodgate. More information about Smule can be found at http://www.smule.com.

What you get to work on every day at Smule:

• Being a part of a cohesive vision in a team that is creating strong social experiences with music as the focus
• Create content rich and interactive social web applications that foster user engagement
• Team based projects in iterative and highly efficient development cycles
• Deploy and update apps against defined deliverables
• Contribute your own insight and reusable code to the Smule code base

Open Positions

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Web Engineer

As an Web Engineer at Smule you'll be key in building out the online face of our next generation, massively social, massively multiplayer musical creation experience. Smule's apps are top performers in the iTunes store and in the news--our next step is a robust, in-depth web experience. Our development cycle is rapid, iterative, and collaborative.

Must have:

• Bachelor degree in CS and 2+ years of Ruby on Rails development experience.
• Experience in developing large web sites and complex client-side implementations.
• Self-starter, strong sense of ownership, gets things done.
• Fun, positive attitude. Great communication skills and a healthy desire for collaboration.

These are good too:

• A thorough understanding of best practices in building web applications
• Expert knowledge with HTML, CSS and Javascript
• Proficient in responsive design
• Non-trivial experience with the specific tech we use: Ruby on Rails, MySQL, RESTful APIs
• Agile (no make that 'chaos') friendly outlook on life
• Flexible, cross functional, outstanding learner. Ready, willing, and able to jump into any conquer any challenge at this crazy startup.
• Passion for something that Smule is about: music, games, social experiences, outstanding software

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Product Designer

Smule's mission is to connect people all over the world through the joy of making music, at a massive social scale. We are looking for Product Designers who are passionate about creating a holistic product experience for the user, beyond just an app, who intuitively understands that product design is finding the elegant sum of the parts and who relishes in every aspect of the product development process, from brainstorming the next great product innovation to tweaking pixels right before launch. As a Product Designer, you will partner with the product manager strategizing on the product plan, lead communication of new ideas and visions clearly and efficiently, then execute the design with the development team.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Develop broad concepts into elegant, intuitive flows and experiences that deliver measurable results
• Create production quality designs that can be implemented
• Contribute to high-level strategic decisions within the product design team
• Drive the product plan with product managers and engineers
• Champion and oversee the user experience of a product area from conception to launch (and then some) and iterate continuously

Stuff you bring:

• Strong experience in design or a similar field for mobile, multitouch devices
• Comfortable creating at the whiteboard, but then be able to jump in and use whatever tools are necessary to create complete flows for mobile and web projects
• A scrappy, entrepreneurial attitude that gets things done quickly at a high quality
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (you should be able to clearly articulate your design decisions)
• Give and solicit open and honest feedback in order to continually raise our bar for quality
• Pixel perfect attention to detail
• Know the tools you use, from Adobe to Flash to whatever, you know it like the back of your hand
• Will do whatever it takes to “make things awesome”, even if it means building 10 versions and throwing them all out for the 11th version

We'd also love it if you:

• Have a passion for the musical/auditory arts, even if you might be tone deaf, rhythmically challenged and suck at Rock Band. Being a groupie counts.
• Are not afraid to wear different hats on an interdisciplinary team.
• Like to prototype sh*t and have built or designed something because the existing product wasn't there, or because you just wanted to learn how to do it.

To apply, please send the following to: jobs@smule.com

• Your portfolio featuring examples of interaction and visual design work
• Resume/CV

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Video Producer

Video is a powerful medium for advertising. Smule’s product videos have received over 200 million views. We’re in search of a super-talented producer with tons of marketing savvy to lead the charge on creating amazing demos and viral video masterpieces.

what you'll be doing...

• end-to-end creative process for mobile video ads for various Smule products
• producing visual assets for all products on App Store and Google Play
• creating videos for our lively YouTube page of over 100K subscribers
• contributing to overall marketing strategy as related to creative visualizations of Smule products and users

you...

• LOVE making videos
• possess an innate ability for communicating to potential customers
• have a laser-sharp eye for detail
• handle feedback and differences of opinion with a positive attitude
• are comfortable working efficiently on multiple projects to meet tight deadlines
• pass the Cornholio Test

required experience with...

• video production software: Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere (or similar), Apple Motion or Adobe After Effects (or similar)
• asset creation software: Photoshop, Illustrator
• YouTube or other video platforms
• like cats as much as this girl

nice-to-haves...

• active YouTube channel
• formal training in video production, photography or similar field
• have passion for the musical/auditory arts, even if you might be tone deaf, rhythmically challenged and suck at rock band. being a groupie counts.
• have a cute dog that sings

to apply, please send:

• your resume
• a link to your portfolio showcasing video samples

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Product Manager

We are building delightful music making experiences, at a massively social and multiplayer scale, and we are looking for someone who will be passionate about making this a ubiquitous reality to join the product team.

what you'll be doing...

• articulate strategic product vision
• define and execute product roadmap that will drive growth in user engagement, retention and monetization
• lead interdisciplinary team consisting of designers, engineers, marketing, business and more to deliver delightful, engaging social music-making apps

you...

• love working with a team to make things happen and get things built
• view unbounded problems as a fun challenge
• are comfortable being a team player and a team leader
• possess a healthy balance of left and right brain skill sets

nice-to-haves...

• have passion for the musical/auditory arts, even if you might be tone deaf, rhythmically challenged and suck at rock band. being a groupie counts.
• like to prototype sh*t. you've built or designed something because the existing product wasn't there, or because you just wanted to learn how to do it.
• experience with mobile social gaming apps

to apply, please send:

• your resume
• in 200 words or less, why do you enjoy product management and why are you interested in Smule?

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Android Engineer

As an Android Engineer at Smule you'll be crafting our next generation, massively social, massively multiplayer musical creation experience. Smule's apps are top performers in the iTunes store and in the news--the apps you help create will be enjoyed by millions. Our development cycle is rapid, iterative, and collaborative.

Must have:

• Bachelor degree in CS and 1+ years of Android development on multiple target devices, and 2+ years experience with C++
• Self-starter, strong sense of ownership, gets things done.
• Fun, positive attitude. Great communication skills and a healthy desire for collaboration.

These are good too:

• A knack for creating compelling UIs.
• Game development and design experience.
• Non-trivial experience with the specific tech we use: OpenGL ES, Audio, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, RESTful APIs
• Agile (no make that 'chaos') friendly outlook on life
• Flexible, cross functional, outstanding learner. Ready, willing, and able to jump into any conquer any challenge at this crazy startup.
• Passion for something that Smule is about: music, games, social experiences, outstanding software

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iOS and iPhone Engineer

As an iOS Engineer at Smule you'll be crafting our next generation, massively social, massively multiplayer musical creation experience. Smule's apps are top performers in the iTunes store and in the news--the apps you help create will be enjoyed by millions. Our development cycle is rapid, iterative, and collaborative. We use Objective-C and C++ combined with a powerful suite of in-house RESTful services. Current projects include an unannounced iPhone app + Facebook experience that's going to redefine social music creation.

Must have:

• Bachelor degree in CS and 2+ years of iOS development in Objective-C and 2+ years experience with C++
• Self-starter, strong sense of ownership, gets things done.
• Fun, positive attitude. Great communication skills and a healthy desire for collaboration.

These are good too:

• A knack for creating compelling UIs.
• Game development and design experience.
• Non-trivial experience with the specific tech we use: OpenGL ES, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, RESTful APIs
• Agile (no make that 'chaos') friendly outlook on life
• Flexible, cross functional, outstanding learner. Ready, willing, and able to jump into any conquer any challenge at this crazy startup.
• Passion for something that Smule is about: music, games, social experiences, outstanding software

 

For consideration, send resume to: jobs@smule.com.

In the subject line please put the position to which you are applying and your name.

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