What’s it like to work at iZotope? 

We’re the leaders in intelligent audio production and you’ll see that all iZotopians have a passion for what we do. Our company, our market and our customers are growing fast. This means all iZotope employees are engaged in interesting and challenging work. We have the opportunity to try new and different things and lots of room for career enrichment. We work with exceptional colleagues and foster an environment that empowers those closest to the work to make decisions and provide each other the support to move quickly and learn as we go. iZotope combines the excitement and pace of a startup with the stability and work/life balance of a market leader. Plus, it’s really cool to work for a company in the music and film industry! 

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to join our Product Development team responsible for developing our suite of award-winning audio applications and plugins, for sound designers, musicians and audio production professionals. No two days are alike at iZotope and we thrive on it - we transform our passion for audio into innovations in the way we create and listen to sound.

Qualified applications should have in-depth knowledge of software development and test methodologies and demonstrable experience leading and managing software development teams in a cross-functional, collaborative, agile environment. The ideal candidate would have a passion for audio/music technology, prior experience with audio plugins and/or virtual instruments and be familiar with trends in the audio industry.

Responsibilities will include:

• Managing and developing a high-performing team of C++ developers from entry level through senior, including hiring, coaching, career development and performance management.
• Engineering Release Manager responsibilities for one or more product releases from concept to customer ship within a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Providing technical and strategic direction, and supporting the care and feeding of our shared, cross-platform architecture and code base, with an eye toward maintainability, future extensibility and the ability to rapidly iterate.
• Being an agile practitioner, including promoting behaviors of self-organizing teams, valuing design thinking, continuous process improvement and coaching on agile methodology and practices as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent. MS degree a plus.
• 5 or more years of experience developing, motivating, retaining and managing high-performance software development teams. Coaching, servant-leader and collaborative mindset.
• 3 or more years managing cross-functional agile software projects. Agile or coaching certification (CSM, CTC, etc.) desired.
• Experience developing and delivering cross-platform production-quality desktop software written in C/C++
• Exceptional software engineering and architecture skills designs for quality, expert problem solver, strong analytical skills. Solid understanding of design patterns, software frameworks, performance optimization, test automation and test-driven development
• Results, customer and quality-oriented with strong organizational and software project leadership skills
• Passionate and experienced at driving and enabling positive process change. Long-term thinker and able to set and align the team and broader organization on decisions, technical vision and innovative solutions.
• Decisive, self-directed, detail-oriented, able to learn new technologies and work independently
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Team player and able to work collaboratively with other Developers, QA, Product Managers, UX Designers, Sound Designers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing and deploying services, web applications or cloud solutions with a continuous delivery mindset a plus
• Experience with building and architecting on AWS a plus
• Exposure to or direct experience with real-time and offline digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms and technology
• Experience using and/or developing real-time audio and/or video performance and production software or hardware

This position is located in our corporate headquarters in Cambridge, MA. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

iZotope is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran or disability status, or any other category protected by law.