{"id":2913291,"url":"https://alion.io/job/the-audio-programmer-c-backend-optimization-engineer","title":"C++ Backend Optimization Engineer","company":{"id":2296352,"name":"The Audio Programmer","domain":"theaudioprogrammer.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/theaudioprogrammer","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Zoho Recruit","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":7,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"unspecified","remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"inferred","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"Apache TVM","optional":true},{"name":"CUDA","optional":true},{"name":"MLIR","optional":true},{"name":"OpenCL","optional":true},{"name":"OpenMP","optional":true},{"name":"XLA","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-06-19T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-06-19","last_verified_at":"2026-10-25T10:00:59Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":128,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":128},"description":"This is a remote position.\nC++ Backend Optimization Engineer\nAudio AI / Music Technology\nRemote working from anywhere\nJoin an international team of R&D Engineers working on one of the most exciting and popular music production tools on the market.\nThis is an ideal role for an experienced Backend Engineer who is looking for more freedom and responsibility, and likes to work with a team who Get Things Done. It's a great time to join the company as they continue to grow and release more innovative software for producers and song writers.\nAs a Backend Optimisation Engineer, you'll be responsible for developing highly efficient computation kernels and client-side infrastructure to accelerate the neural network inference / DSP pipeline, already renowned for its extreme efficiency.\nIf you're looking for a role where you can have a direct influence on systems, product and architecture, this is it.\nRemote working from anywhere, collaborating with an international team of engineers and music lovers.\nRequirements\nEssential:\nStrong skills in Modern C++ (C++17/20/23)\nExperience with memory management, concurrency, and performance optimisation techniques\nUnderstanding of compiler design principles, including Abstract Syntax Trees (AST), intermediate representations (IR) and optimisation passes\nFamiliar with computational graph optimization and execution strategies within AI inference engines\nUnderstanding of basic performance profiling and tuning methodologies (analysing cache misses, memory bandwidth, thread contention)\nAble to design clean, extensible architectures for new framework features\nBonus points for:\n3+ years of professional or strong academic/open-source experience related to AI compilers (TVM, MLIR, XLA) or open-source AI inference engines\nExperience with concurrency libraries (oneTBB or OpenMP)\nExperience with GPU programming using Vulkan, Metal, CUDA, SYCL, or OpenCL\nBenefits","description_format":"text","description_chars":1909,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["E-learning","Audio & Music Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T10:11:46Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":3,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.09,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":128,"expected_fill_days":7,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/the-audio-programmer-c-backend-optimization-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/the-audio-programmer-c-backend-optimization-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T11:56:18Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":17181,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2296352},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2296352"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fthe-audio-programmer-c-backend-optimization-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fthe-audio-programmer-c-backend-optimization-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fthe-audio-programmer-c-backend-optimization-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/the-audio-programmer-c-backend-optimization-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fthe-audio-programmer-c-backend-optimization-engineer"}]}