Internship - Research Engineer

Smule has been on a mission to bring the world together through music since 2008. Music is much more than listening… it's about creating, sharing, discovering, participating, and connecting with people. With dozens of millions of monthly active users creating over 20 million songs every day, Smule is connecting people all over the world through the joy of making music and transforming the music landscape from one of passive listening to collaborative creative expression and active engagement. About the Role We are hiring a Research Engineer to accelerate Smule's research teams by building the infrastructure, tooling, and experimental frameworks that make rigorous research possible at scale. You will work side-by-side with research scientists, turning experimental ideas into robust, reproducible code and helping bridge the gap between prototype and production. The ideal candidate is a skilled software engineer with genuine curiosity about ML research, deep systems knowledge, and a talent for making researchers more productive. We strongly encourage candidates with non-traditional backgrounds to apply. If your path into research engineering came through audio software development, game engine programming, embedded systems, HPC, or another field, we want to hear from you. What You'll Be Doing: Design, implement, and maintain research infrastructure including experiment tracking, distributed training pipelines, and evaluation frameworks. Collaborate with research scientists to im