The Company

Soundstripe is a premier music licensing platform used by more than a million creators and professionals globally to level up their creative works, including videos, podcasts and gaming experiences. Launched in 2016 by three professional musicians, the company helps fuel creativity for all types of customers, from amateur social creators to freelance filmmakers and podcasters to the world’s largest agencies and brands, including companies such as Microsoft, Uber, Adobe, Pepsico, Nike and Bud Light, just to name a few.

Since its inception, Soundstripe has issued more than 18 million content licenses from its diverse catalog of over 10,000 fully-cleared songs and 50,000 song variations, as well as from its catalog of 70,000 sound effects and 100,000 video clips. The company is based in Nashville and its catalog is supported by a roster of award-winning creators, including heavy hitters like Sam Barsh (Doja Cat, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, etc), VAULTZ (Lorde, Maggie Rogers, etc), and Elise Solberg (Beyonce, Ellie Goulding, etc).

Soundstripe is a 5x winner of the Tennessean’s Top Workplace Award and a certified Great Place to Work. Learn more about us here.

About The Role

Soundstripe is seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead our engineering organization, including direct oversight of two Engineering Managers. This leader will drive technical excellence, scalability, and innovation across engineering teams while ensuring alignment with product and business goals. This leader will sharpen priorities, accelerate execution, build resilience, and empower the team to move with confidence in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.

This is a Full-Time Exempt position reporting directly to our Founder & CTO. While we are remote friendly, occasional travel may be required to attend team onsites, leadership planning retreats, and board meetings in-person.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Oversee the development and execution of the engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Represent engineering at the senior leadership and board level as a trusted partner providing thoughtful insights that shape our broader business strategies, while creating transparency into engineering operations
• Work cross functionally with Product, Marketing, and other departments to streamline product development and ensure engineering is aligned with broader company goals
• Champion innovation by staying ahead of emerging technologies and engineering practices that can unlock speed, quality, or competitive advantage
• Define and drive engineering performance metrics, partnering with leadership to shape the right KPIs (e.g., lead time, cycle time, code quality, test coverage, DORA metrics, etc.) that align with company goals
• Shape engineering culture and standards that support scalability, accountability, and velocity
• Manage the engineering budget and make cost-effective decisions
• Continuously raise the bar on our talent density through hiring efforts and investing in the development of our engineering talent
• Ensure security and compliance are first-class citizens of everything we do, including championing best practices and requiring adherence to applicable laws and regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

Experiences You Bring to the Table

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including in comparable roles
• 5+ years of experience with OOP (particularly Ruby) and full-stack MVC frameworks (particularly Rails)
• Proven track record of successfully executing large projects amidst competing priorities and constantly evolving business needs
• Experience leading AI-driven engineering initiatives and automation strategies
• Expertise in building and leading engineering organizations optimized for delivery, efficiency, and quality
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, ideally in a B2B SaaS or eCommerce setting
• Strong technical acumen combined with the ability to translate complex ideas into clear, actionable strategies

Bonus Experience

• Experience in SaaS, B2B platforms, and/or media/creative tech industries
• Success in managing remote or distributed engineering teams
• Prior experience partnering with product organizations on roadmap and delivery

Disclaimer

Soundstripe is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. Soundstripe provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Soundstripe complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.