Senior Software Engineer

Affectiva, an MIT Media Lab spin-off, is the pioneer in Emotion AI, the next frontier of artificial intelligence. Affectiva’s mission is to bring emotional intelligence to the digital world with our emotion recognition technology that senses and analyzes facial expressions and emotion.

Affectiva is looking for a talented and motivated Software Engineer to join our US team.

• Develop Affectiva’s core in-market SDK codebase
• Implement an efficient C++ runtime for audio and video analysis
• Write cross-platform code for multiple target platforms (iOS, Linux, Android, Windows, Mac)

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in software development including strong experience using C/C++
• Demonstrated competency in developing portable software, including cross-compiler and platform expertise
• Strong foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design
• Strong problem solving skills
• Experience in writing unit and integration tests
• Experience supporting software running in a Linux environment
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Track record of success in a small, fast-moving team
• Experience with performance benchmarking and optimization
• Python experience
• Familiarity with Machine Learning or Deep Learning
• Experience in the design and implementation of build/test/release infrastructure
• Experience in embedded software development
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent