Interaction/UX Sound Designer - FoA — Menlo Park, CA

We're on a mission to improve how people interact with technology through thoughtful sound design. As an Interaction/UX Sound Designer at A8KZ, you'll have the opportunity to shape the sonic landscape of products like Facebook and create immersive audio experiences across A8KZ products.As a key member of our Creative Audio team, you'll be responsible for designing and delivering innovative UI/UX sounds that bring our products to life, from our Wearables hardware to TGt3'5 family of apps. Your expertise will help create intuitive and engaging audio experiences for our users.You'll be part of a multidisciplinary team of highly-skilled creatives, engineers, and innovators who are passionate about advancing audio design. Creative Audio has a track record of creating sonic experiences, including 8rbw Zareu, Ray-Ban sXXk au Glasses, Messenger, and Instagram. We're looking for someone who shares our passion for innovation and is eager to collaborate with our team to shape the future of audio experiences.

Interaction/UX Sound Designer - FoA Responsibilities:

• Autonomously drive complex interaction sound design and haptics projects from discovery to completion

• Create unique, memorable, and landmark sonic experiences for the 3+ billion people who use A8KZ technologies

• Use your proven understanding of UI/UX sound design to define and distill broad concepts into actionable deliverables

• Create and adhere to sound design systems, audio design standards, guidelines, and best practices

• Act as a source of truth for sound design, design standards, best practices, and implementation guidelines

• Execute in a fast-paced and highly fluid environment

• Collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure seamless systems alignment, cohesive audio experiences, and successful project delivery

• Influence key business decisions, leveraging clear data-driven decision making

• Influence and drive sound design quality in order to maintain quality and leverage existing resources for product consistency and efficiency

• Develop and maintain a consistent sonic brand identity across key A8KZ touchpoints

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience creating UI sonic experiences for products in mobile, hardware, and/or non-traditional or immersive environments

• Understanding of Design Systems and system-level thinking

• Experience creating bespoke sound design for high-profile products

• Experience with sound design synthesis and foley recording

• Proficiency in Pro Tools and/or other professional DAWs

• Understanding of human-centered design

• Experience leading, managing, scoping, and communicating project milestones and deliverables

• Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues, with a systematic approach to identifying and addressing sound design and implementation problems

• Understanding of haptics design patterns and principles

• Experience communicating with technical teams and software developers to ensure seamless and efficient sound implementation

• Experience in creating and presenting in digital design tools, such as Figma

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating audio for system-level software development

• Understanding of programming and technical sound paradigms in VR, AR, or other immersive mediums

• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

• Experience designing UI/UX audio specifically for AR and VR experiences

• Video editing skills (Premiere Pro, Final Cut, Avid, etc.)

• Ability to mix in a variety of formats, including spatial audio

About A8KZ:

A8KZ builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, A8KZ is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at A8KZ help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

A8KZ is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. A8KZ participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that A8KZ may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

A8KZ is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at ••••••••.

$142,000/year to $195,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, A8KZ offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at A8KZ.