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# Senior Software Engineer (Java), Enterprise at SoundHound AI

- **Company:** SoundHound AI
- **Location:** Bengaluru, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-09-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/soundhound/am9icG9zdDqRSFLDGsfhwizMuwt8L_h2

## Job description

The Senior Software Engineer plays a crucial role in the Amelia Enterprise Conversational AI Engineering team, leading the design, development, and optimization of key components within our AI-driven platform. This role requires strong expertise in Java, distributed systems, microservices, and cloud computing, with an ability to solve complex technical challenges, drive architectural decisions, and mentor junior engineers.

As a technical leader, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance the platform’s scalability, security, and real-time AI processing capabilities. You will also contribute to integrating Conversational AI, LLMs, NLP algorithms, and real-time processing mechanisms into our system.

## What You'll Do

- Lead Software Development: Architect, develop, and optimize high-performance, scalable microservices and backend APIs using Java, Spring Framework, Hibernate, and MySQL.
- Technical Leadership: Provide mentorship and guidance to junior and mid-level engineers, enforcing best coding practices, design patterns, and architectural principles.
- Scalability & Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in distributed, high-traffic environments using caching (Redis), database tuning, and asynchronous processing techniques.
- Cloud & Containerization: Design and deploy cloud-native applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI), ensuring high availability and reliability.
- AI & NLP Integration: Work with Machine Learning, LLMs, NLP algorithms, and process engines to improve conversational AI capabilities.
- WebSockets & Real-Time Communication: Enhance real-time messaging and event-driven architectures, ensuring low-latency, high-throughput interactions.
- Database Management: Design and optimize complex database schemas and queries for MySQL and Redis.
- Security & Compliance: Implement secure coding practices, authentication mechanisms, and enterprise-grade security protocols.
- Continuous Improvement & Automation: Drive CI/CD improvements, DevOps best practices, and automation initiatives to streamline deployments.
- Agile & Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management, DevOps, QA, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality features within Agile workflows.
- Architectural Decision-Making: Contribute to long-term architecture and technical strategy, ensuring system resilience, scalability, and maintainability.

## What You'll Bring

## Basic Qualifications (Non-Negotiable)

- 6+ years of professional experience in Java software development.
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Framework, Hibernate, and RESTful API design.
- Experience with AI/ML, NLP, and Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Proven experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with databases (MySQL, Redis), query optimization, and schema design.
- Strong knowledge of cloud computing (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with real-time messaging systems (WebSockets, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar technologies).
- Strong problem-solving skills, debugging expertise, and ability to troubleshoot complex distributed applications.
- Excellent understanding of system design, scalability, and performance tuning techniques.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Maven, Gradle, Bamboo, Jenkins).
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and DevOps best practices.
- Experience working with Unix-like operating systems.

## Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)

- Familiarity with graph algorithms, process engines, and enterprise AI architectures.
- Understanding of security best practices and authentication mechanisms (OAuth, SAML, JWT, etc.).
- Exposure to frontend technologies (React, JavaScript, TypeScript) for full-stack contributions.
- Contributions to open-source projects or research in AI/ML, cloud computing, or distributed systems. General Requirements
- Proactive and results-driven, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in globally distributed teams.
- Ability to balance hands-on coding with architectural decision-making.
- Strong technical leadership, with experience mentoring junior developers and improving team productivity. This role is available in Bengaluru and will be hired into Amelia Global Services, a subsidiary of SoundHound AI. Our recruiting team will provide a total compensation range based on location and years of experience. #LI-VN1 #LI-HYBRID

## About SoundHound AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SoundHound AI builds voice-native conversational AI agents and platforms that automate operations, service, and commerce across industries like restaurants, automotive, finance, healthcare, and retail.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Nasdaq: SOUN)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States (with presence in France, Japan, China, and 27 countries total)
- **Founded**: 2005 (as Melodis; rebranded to SoundHound Inc. in 2010 and SoundHound AI in 2022)
- **Founders**: Majid Emami (co-founder) and Keyvan Mohajer (co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Voice AI, Conversational AI Agents, Generative AI, Enterprise Software, Restaurant Technology, Automotive Tech, Healthcare AI
- **Target customers**: B2B / Enterprise — restaurants (drive-thru and ordering), automotive OEMs and partners, financial services, healthcare providers, retail, IT service desks, and HR organizations
- **Mission or purpose**: "Voice-enable the world with conversational intelligence" — creating AI agents "that run operations, service, and commerce for brands in the real world" and exceed human capabilities

## Products & Services
- **OASYS Platform**: A voice-native conversational AI platform for building and deploying reliable AI agents across operations, service, and commerce
- **Smart Ordering**: AI agents that take and process orders, automate drive-thrus, offer add-ons, and support restaurant staff
- **Dynamic Drive-Thru**: AI-powered drive-thru ordering automation for quick-service restaurants
- **Smart Answering**: AI-driven call handling and appointment-management agents for businesses
- **Amelia Platform**: Enterprise AI agent platform (acquired in 2024) that powers AI agents for large enterprise brands across verticals
- **SoundHound Chat AI**: Voice assistant combining SoundHound's conversational AI with leading generative AI platforms for the next generation of voice assistants
- **Autonomics**: Operations platform that automates IT service desk tasks and HR processes (password resets, troubleshooting, account management, etc.)
- **Industry-specific agents**: HIPAA-compliant healthcare agents integrated with Epic; secure banking agents for accounts, loans, fraud reporting; automotive in-car assistants; telecom outage alerting; retail shopping and returns agents

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in the sources reviewed; as a publicly traded company, current market value fluctuates daily — check latest SOUN quotes ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundHound_AI), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/soundhoundai))
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **$168.9M**; **$721M** in total funding raised across 12 rounds (pre/post IPO); **603 employees** (+30.7% YoY, +182 headcount)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Mercedes-Benz, Motorola, PSA Auto, Deutsche Telekom, Harman, VIZIO, Snap Inc., Mastercard, and Epic (healthcare EHR integration) ([SoundHound About](https://www.soundhound.com/about))
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Automates **10 billion+ conversations annually** and holds **400+ patents**
  - Named a **Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Conversational AI Platforms**
  - Acquired **Synq3 Restaurant Solutions** (2024), creating an AI market leader with **10,000+ live restaurant locations**
  - Acquired **Amelia** (2024), expanding enterprise conversational AI scale and reach
  - Workforce distributed across 27 countries including US, India, Canada, Germany, and France

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary technology**: Speech-to-Meaning® and Deep Meaning Understanding® enable speed and accuracy that the company says surpasses Big Tech voice AI
- **Patented IP moat**: 400+ patents and 20+ years of specialist voice AI R&D
- **Independent platform**: Unlike competitors tied to one big-tech stack, SoundHound offers a neutral voice-native AI platform (OASYS) with the company's own Agentic+ framework
- **Industry depth**: Deep vertical playbooks in restaurants (10,000+ live locations), automotive, healthcare (Epic/HIPAA), and finance
- **Scale and track record**: Billions of annual interactions give unique data and reliability signals across real-world deployments

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale AI agents on OASYS**: Driving the new voice-native conversational AI platform as the core engine for agent deployment
- **Vertical expansion**: Deepening healthcare (Epic-integrated, HIPAA-compliant agents), finance, retail, telecom, IT service desk, and HR offerings
- **Acquisition-led growth**: Leveraging Synq3 (restaurants) and Amelia (enterprise) to expand into new verticals and large enterprise brands
- **Generative AI integration**: Continuing to blend SoundHound Chat AI with leading generative AI models to create next-gen assistants
- **Globalization**: Expanding across automotive OEM partnerships in Japan/China and multilingual deployments (25+ languages)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: The company emphasizes a collaborative, diverse environment with "openness, curiosity, collaboration, innovation, and humility" — hiring across backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, genders, and philosophies ([SoundHound Careers](https://www.soundhound.com/careers/))
- **Mission-driven work**: Teammates contribute to pioneering AI agent technology and "voice-enabling the world" with 10B+ interactions annually
- **Perks**: Competitive salary and benefits designed to support "a healthy work-life balance"
- **Global footprint**: Offices in Santa Clara (HQ) with collaboration across the globe; open roles include Partner Engineer (Voice AI), Technical Program Manager (Automotive), and AI Agent engineering positions in the US, Japan, and China
- **Growth environment**: Joining a high-growth public company with +30.7% headcount growth YoY, recent major acquisitions, and a leadership position in a fast-moving AI category

## Sources
1. [SoundHound.com](https://www.soundhound.com/)
2. [SoundHound Careers](https://www.soundhound.com/careers/)
3. [SoundHound About](https://www.soundhound.com/about)
4. [LinkedIn — SoundHound AI](https://www.linkedin.com/company/soundhoundai)
5. [Wikipedia — SoundHound AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundHound_AI)

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