Senior Manager, Product Engineering - Splice Sounds (Remote - US)

Splice is a creative platform for people who make music. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead a full stack team of engineers to bring amazing new capabilities to music creators, reporting directly to the Director of Engineering for Splice Sounds.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and grow the engineering team responsible for building and evolving our DAW plugin and Desktop application, furthering Splice’s mission of empowering music creators
• Demonstrate a product and user-centric mindset towards engineering and product development
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive a culture of empowered teams, fostering ownership, collaboration, and initiative across the organization
• Guide your team through adopting the AI tools which are bringing acceleration to the software development process
• Define clear outcomes for the team and lead them in achieving those goals
• Establish and maintain efficient processes to facilitate the team's productivity
• Stay current on the latest technologies, preferred practices, and industry trends in software development
• Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers and early-career managers to support their technical and professional growth
• Collaborate with senior and staff engineers to shape technical strategy and secure buy-in across the organization
• Foster a culture of innovation, feedback, and continual learning
• Show curiosity about our customer outcomes and our business, identifying higher-level insights and opportunities across departments to elevate Splice to the next level of performance and growth

Requirements:

• Proven expertise in technical leadership within a cross-functional and distributed team environment
• Outstanding communication, organizational skills, and a user-centric mindset
• Experience implementing agile methodologies, particularly Kanban and/or Lean
• Proficient in technical project management and stakeholder management
• Demonstrated expertise in guiding senior engineers and identifying growth avenues for their continuing development
• Proven track record of mentoring and coaching early-career engineers in both personal development and business impact
• Technical competency in C++, DAW plugins and digital signal processing (DSP)
• Experience delivering desktop experiences built using web-based front-end technologies
• Experience working on AI/ML-powered products
• Experience playing an instrument, singing, or using music creation software