We are seeking an experienced Audio specialist with a passion for music and emerging technology to join a fast-evolving creative environment focused on AI-driven music production. This role is ideal for a producer who combines strong technical expertise with deep musical knowledge, cultural awareness, and curiosity about the future of generative tools.

You will play a hands-on role in creating high-quality music across genres, evaluating AI-generated outputs, and contributing insights that shape the next generation of music technology. Success in this role requires a blend of creative excellence, analytical thinking, and a strong drive to innovate.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality music across a wide range of genres, styles, formats, and use cases
• Apply strong musical judgment to composition, arrangement, and production decisions
• Refine audio outputs to ensure consistency, quality, and creative excellence
• Stay current with emerging music trends, cultural movements, and creator workflows
• Work fluently across digital audio workstations and rapidly adopt new production tools
• Collaborate directly with generative AI music tools, evaluating outputs and providing actionable feedback
• Conduct structured evaluations, including blind A/B testing and model benchmarking
• Translate evaluation results into clear insights and recommendations for cross-functional stakeholders
• Partner with technical and creative teams to support key milestones, reviews, and experimentation cycles
• Document production workflows, processes, and technical setups to ensure consistency and scalability
• Independently manage projects and deliver results in a fast-paced, iterative environment
Required Qualifications

• 4–5 years of professional experience in music production or equivalent creative work
• Strong portfolio or demo reel demonstrating versatility across genres and formats
• Deep expertise in music production, arrangement, and audio fundamentals
• Hands-on experience with mixing and audio engineering, including gain staging, bus processing, and mastering
• Proficiency with digital audio workstations (ProTools preferred) and modern production ecosystems
• Solid understanding of digital signal processing (DSP), audio synthesis, and audio formats
• Familiarity with generative AI music tools and prompt-based creative workflows
• Strong critical listening skills with the ability to articulate clear, actionable feedback
• Broad knowledge of music metadata, including genre, mood, tempo, and instrumentation tagging
• Ability to independently manage projects with minimal supervision
• Comfort working with command-line tools for troubleshooting and workflow support
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience evaluating creative outputs using structured frameworks or scoring rubrics
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across creative, product, or marketing functions
• Familiarity with broader AI systems, including generative models and large language models
• Prototyping skills or experience building lightweight tools to support experimentation and ideation
Working Style & Environment

• Highly collaborative, working across interdisciplinary creative and technical teams
• Fast-paced and iterative, with an emphasis on experimentation and continuous improvement
• Strong focus on ownership, initiative, and adaptability in a rapidly evolving space
Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Menlo Park, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $48.00/hr.