MURF.AI - Director - Engineering (8-10 yrs)

- At Murf AI, we're simplifying multimedia creation by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence.

- Our platform empowers users to craft high-quality voiceovers effortlessly, without the need for recording equipment.

Some interesting facts about Murf AI:

- Customers in 100+ countries.

- 8Mn+ registered users.

- 6X growth in revenue in the last 12 months.

- 120+ voices in 20+ languages offered by Murf Studio.

- Rated by G2 as Top 10 Fastest Growing Products in 2024.

- We are working on bleeding-edge research problems, in synthetic speech, synthetic video, and dubbing.

Job Summary:

- As a Director of engineering, you will have both strategic and technical responsibilities inside the company.

- You'll be responsible for the design and development of Murf's existing and future product offerings as well as continuously improving the overall architecture of the platform.

- You need to be able to communicate well, apply analytical and critical thinking, work with the leadership to help define the roadmap, and work with engineers to design services/components and own the execution plan.

- You'll lead, coach, and support the growth of our talented engineers and engineering management.

- At Murf, we take pride in being hands-on at all levels of the company and are looking for a seasoned engineer who takes pride in his or her system architecture, code quality, and product obsession.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Design the architecture for new products and improve existing ones towards higher reliability and scalability.

- Work with the leadership and business teams to understand the short-term goals and long-term vision and align that with the engineering roadmap.

- Be the go-to person for all technical guidance and offer your expertise as the engineering team builds and adapts industry best practices.

- Own product features and drive all code quality-related metrics: modularity, scalability, test coverage, re-usability, etc.

- Build processes that enable our engineers to consistently deliver multiple concurrent projects, on time, with high quality using AGILE/SCRUM methodologies.

- Track and manage key KPIs to objectively assess the engineering team's progress against our roadmap, calibrating as needed.

- Ensure customer issues are resolved within acceptable SLA, and revenue-impacting issues are addressed immediately.

- Recruit and retain diverse talent from a variety of engineering backgrounds to support our growth and strategic goals.

- Build and maintain a highly agile customer-centric culture within the engineering org.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

- 8-10 years of full-stack engineering and architecture experience, preferably in product companies.

- Experience in designing systems from scratch with significant systems and reliability goals.

- Strong understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalability & performance.

- Undergraduate Computer Science or similar degree from IIT, BITS, or top tier NITs or with relevant industry experience.

- Excellent Java skills with a deep understanding of its applicability to the cloud.

- Experience with AWS stacks such as dynamoDB, SQS, Lambda, CloudFront, API gateway, and ec2/ECS.

- Knowledge of front-end technologies like ReactJs.

- Knowledge of Unix and shell scripting.

- Experience with leading teams.

- Exposure to Agile and Scrum methodologies for delivery and project management.

- Strong bias for action and hands-on leadership style, with a passion for solving hard problems.

- Extra Awesome.

- Knowledge of Python, redshift, and distributed computing.

- Exceptional communication skills.

- Exposure to security best practices, GDPR, SOC, and ISO certifications.

- Exposure to deep learning and speech synthesis.

- Work experience in a startup environment.

Why Murf.ai?

- Murf AI is revolutionizing creative workflows for businesses through the utilization of our cutting-edge AI technology.

- Recognized as a consistent Leader and Momentum Leader on G2 in 2022 and 2023, we empower L&D and creative teams to evolve into dynamic creative powerhouses.

- With a focus on cutting-edge research and innovation, a positive work culture, and real impact in the AI-driven space, Murf.ai is one of the fastest-growing companies in the AI voice space.

- Join us at this pivotal moment, where your ideas matter, and your leadership can leave a lasting impact.

- If you're ready for a challenge and have the vision to lead from the front, Murf.ai is where your journey into the next chapter of AI innovation begins.