Senior / Staff Full-Stack Engineer, AI Visuals
At a glance
Senior Full-stack Engineering role at Suno. New York · full-time · $228,000–$363,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and release frontend and backend features for AI music videos, generated cover art and animated song covers
- Create preference-data pipelines to support model tuning and improve the quality of generated visuals
- Refine generated images and videos with UX/UI designers, focusing on their visual quality
- Develop AI director workflows that carry a music video from its initial concept to the final edit
- Assess image and video models, then turn useful capabilities into music-video features
What you bring
- You have practical experience with image and video models, including running inference
- You bring substantial experience in backend or infrastructure engineering
- You have worked with image or video generation models such as FLUX, GPT Image or similar systems
- You’re keen to build products starting from an early stage
Who this fits
This senior full-stack role suits you if you want to help define product scope and collaborate with designers and product managers. You’ll work from the New York office five days each week. You need US work authorization.
From the employer
About Suno
We're building the world's first creative entertainment platform, where the entire world can feel the joy and fulfillment of making music. Music is for everyone: Our users include everyone from grandmothers creating songs for their loved ones, to Grammy winners using Suno Studio, our power tool, to make the most popular hits in the world.
Building the future of entertainment requires ambition. The pace is fast, the problems are hard, and the work demands ownership and intensity. For the right people, it’s incredibly rewarding: a chance to shape a new medium, work with a small team that cares deeply about quality, make music, drink too much coffee, and build something that millions of people use to express themselves in ways that were never before possible.
Suno is the fastest growing consumer entertainment company and the leader in AI music. We are backed by leading investors including Bond Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon, Quiet, Matrix Partners, Schroders Capital and, NVentures (venture arm of NVIDIA).
About the Role
The AI Visuals team builds Suno’s visual creation products, including AI-generated music videos, cover art, and video covers for songs. We’re shaping the future of music media through visual storytelling.
In this full-stack role, you’ll build and ship features across the frontend and backend, help shape product scope, and collaborate closely with designers and product managers to bring new experiences to life. You’ll also work directly with a range of image and video generation models, gaining hands-on experience with inference and integrating their capabilities into our products.
Check out the visuals that can be created with Suno’s AI:
https://cdn1.suno.ai/video_gen_01a18e44-c797-703e-b0a9-415386c16495.mp4
https://cdn1.suno.ai/video_gen_01a182ed-55d1-762b-aa1b-302512987625.mp4
What You’ll Do
Build visual creation products: Develop and ship features for AI music videos, generative cover art, and animated video covers.
Develop data pipelines: Build preference data pipelines to support model tuning and improve output quality.
Elevate aesthetic quality: Collaborate with UX/UI designers to refine the visual quality of generated images and videos.
Create agentic workflows: Build AI director workflows that guide music video creation from concept to final cut.
Evaluate image and video models: Assess emerging models and translate their capabilities into compelling music video features.
Must-Haves
Excitement about building products from 0 to 1.
Hands-on experience with image and video models and inference.
A strong background in backend or infra engineering.
Experience working with AI image or video generation models such as Nano Banana, H3, FLUX, GPT Image, Seedance, Kling or similar generation models.
Nice-to-Haves
4+ years of software engineering experience.
Experience building agentic AI systems, such as RAG pipelines or multi-step orchestration of video generation workflows.
Work Location Policy
This role is expected to work from the designated Suno office 5 days a week, per Suno's company policy. Full-time employees will receive competitive equity packages, and comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered may vary depending on location, skills, qualifications, and experience
Additional Notes
Applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
Perks & Benefits for Full-Time Employees:
Company Equity Package
401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k)
Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO w/ HSA & FSA options)
11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Creative Education Stipend
Generous Commuter Allowance
In-Office Lunch (5 days per week)
Compensation:
The annual salary range for this role is $228K – $363K + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k)
Suno is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the Massachusetts Fair Chance in Employment Act, NYC Fair Chance Act, LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.