Audio Engineering Lead

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Audio Engineering Lead based in the United States.

This is a high-impact opportunity to lead audio engineering within a fast-moving, AI-first environment at the intersection of technology, creativity, and media. You will guide a talented team while contributing directly to customer-facing audio and voice projects. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on work across voice creation, audio preparation, sound design, and production workflows. You will help customers turn creative ideas and complex requirements into polished, production-ready audio experiences. You’ll also play a key role in developing team expertise through training, best-practice guidance, and technical mentorship. The position offers significant autonomy, global collaboration, and the opportunity to shape how AI-powered audio is used by creators and media businesses worldwide.

Accountabilities

• Lead and support a team of highly skilled Audio Engineers, fostering technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Create, refine, and iterate on custom voices using advanced voice and audio production techniques to meet customer requirements.
• Clean, edit, process, and prepare customer-provided audio to achieve high-quality voice cloning and generation results.
• Provide hands-on training, technical guidance, and best-practice recommendations covering audio workflows and AI-powered audio tools.
• Participate in customer meetings and creative discussions, translating business and creative objectives into effective audio engineering solutions.
• Act as a fractional audio engineering expert for customer workflows, helping teams optimize their production processes and achieve high-quality outcomes.
• Apply strong judgment around voice characteristics, timbre, clarity, performance nuance, and overall audio quality.
• Continuously refine production approaches and workflows to improve consistency, efficiency, and customer outcomes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in audio engineering, sound design, mixing/mastering, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with clients, creative teams, producers, or technical stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency with professional Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), such as Pro Tools, Reaper, Logic Pro, or Ableton.
• Deep understanding and practical intuition for voice characteristics, including timbre, clarity, tone, delivery, and performance nuances.
• Strong ability to interpret ambiguous or evolving customer requirements and translate them into clear, technically sound audio and voice-design solutions.
• Experience leading, mentoring, training, or technically guiding other audio professionals.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to explain technical audio concepts clearly to both creative and non-technical audiences.
• A hands-on mindset, combining technical depth with creative problem-solving and a strong commitment to production quality.
• Ability to thrive in a high-velocity, autonomous, globally distributed environment where impact and quality are prioritized over hierarchy and bureaucracy.

Benefits

• Fully remote role available to professionals based in the United States, with the flexibility to work globally depending on location and arrangements.
• Option to work from established offices in London, New York, San Francisco, or Warsaw.
• Opportunity to work at the intersection of generative AI, audio engineering, and creative production.
• Exposure to high-profile creators, media businesses, publishers, and enterprise customers.
• Opportunity to lead a talented team while remaining deeply involved in hands-on technical and creative work.
• Annual discretionary professional development stipend to support learning and career growth.
• Annual discretionary stipend to meet and connect with colleagues in person.
• Annual company-wide offsite in different international locations.
• Monthly co-working stipend for team members who are not located near a main office hub.
• High-autonomy, low-bureaucracy culture focused on rapid experimentation, technical excellence, and meaningful impact.
• Opportunity to contribute to innovative AI-powered audio products and workflows used at significant global scale.