Creative Coder, Sound Design
Company: Meta
Location: Olympia
Posted on: August 4, 2022
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Job Description:
**Summary:** We are looking for a Creative Coder to join our
existing team of immersive Sound Designers at Meta. The Sound
Design Team at Facebook is a group that specializes in creating
sonic experiences that push the boundaries of immersive
technologies. Candidates must have a passion for sound, a history
of innovative work with sound and technology, and an ability to
communicate thoughtfully about sound and its impact on audiences.
Candidates must demonstrate the ability to collaborate closely with
other team members and product groups.**Required Skills:** Creative
Coder, Sound Design Responsibilities:1. Use creativity and product
thinking to develop prototypes and experiences that reinforce team
and company priorities2. Create custom prototypes, tools, and
features using a variety of platforms and programming languages3.
Take projects from idea to functional prototype across a range of
fidelities, using a variety of design tools and programming
languages, and implementing on multiple platforms4. Articulate
prototype/design decisions to internal stakeholders and provide
feedback to partners5. Collaborate closely with sound designers and
producers to create unique sonic experiences6. Execute in a
fast-paced and highly fluid environment, collaborate with teams in
other offices, and assist in driving projects to completion7.
Leverage code as a design medium to bridge the gap between product
goals and engineering implementation8. Strategic collaboration with
Design, Product and Executive teams**Minimum Qualifications:**
Minimum Qualifications:9. 2+ years audio design and development
experience (industry, academia) for Web, Mobile, Games, Hardware,
or AR/VR10. 2+ years experience with technical sound implementation
for games, media, and/or interactive experiences11. 1+ years
experience with software development and familiarity with C#, C++,
JavaScript, or other modern programming languages12. Sound ideation
and prototyping experience with proven understanding of
user-centered design principles13. Experience with object-oriented
programming & design14. Experience debugging projects in a variety
of development environments15. Communication skills and attention
to detail16. Experience articulating prototype/design decisions to
internal stakeholders and providing feedback to partner teams17.
Understanding of DSP and signal processing18. Demonstrated
organizational and analytical skills19. Link to portfolio list or
demo reel of projects demonstrating experience in sound
implementation and/or building innovative
tools/prototypes**Preferred Qualifications:** Preferred
Qualifications:20. BA/BS in Audio or Music Technology, Computer
Science, Transmedia, or equivalent21. Working knowledge of sound
capabilities of AR or VR software tools22. Experience with Python
or shell scripting23. Experience working directly in game engines
(Unity, Unreal, etc.), and with audio middleware (Wwise, FMOD,
etc.)24. Experience with WebAudio and/or Tone.js and/or OpenAL25.
Experience with version control tools & systems (Mercurial, Git,
Perforce)26. Interactive Sound Design or Music composition
skills27. Experience with implementation, development and
release/shipment of audio content on mobile, web, hardware, and/or
VR platforms28. Experience with visual design and implementation in
2D (e.g. Figma, Illustrator) or 3D (e.g. Blender,
Houdini)**Industry:** Internet**Equal Opportunity:** Facebook is
proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national
origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical
conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender
expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as
a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or
other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also
consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent
with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed
to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with
disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance
or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at
accommodations-ext@fb.com.
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