Role Summary  Volley is looking for a creative & product-focused engineer to help us build some of the most exciting games in voice entertainment. You would be responsible for shipping new features to millions of users, improving the end-user experience, and collaborating with world-class product designers.
This is a fantastic opportunity for game developers (or aspiring game developers) to gain hands-on experience working on a cutting-edge platform!
This job opportunity offers a San Francisco-based hybrid work model, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our SF office 2-3 times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate. (We cover relocation!)
What you'll do   Work on products that reach millions of active users
Work on best-in-class voice-controlled products that are social, engaging, and fun to play
Take advantage of our powerful engine to build and iterate quickly, focusing on writing logic, not boilerplate
Create well-designed APIs that are consumed by all sorts of platforms
Stuff you may have done before   Built consumer-facing apps or games at scale
Architected, implemented, and documented multi-platform APIs
Managed Automation & Deployment
Contributed to open-source frameworks
Operated in environments with fast development cycles focused on rapid product iteration
Been part of a high-performing engineering team
Must-haves   3-5 years of professional coding experience
Experience with modern NodeJS and/or Typescript or other strongly typed languages
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Our stack   Typescript & Node.js
React
Kubernetes
DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Neo4j
Our custom engine: GEV (the Good Engine for Voice)
Our scripting language: Flowscript
Your first 90 days   Onboard with Typescript, our engine, and our deployment infrastructure
Get to know your immediate team, as well as your partners in product, design, and data
Deploy lots of new experiments, features, and fixes into production
Work directly with the product to improve conversion, retention, and monetization for some of the most beloved games in the world
The hiring process   Stage 1 (Preliminary Screening Call) with a member of our recruitment team
Stage 2 (Technical Screening) with a member of our Engineering team
Stage 3 (Virtual On-Site Interview - Part 1)
Stage 4 (Virtual On-Site Interview - Part 2)
Stage 5 (Founder Chat) with our Founders
Stage 6 (Offer)
What's in it for you   Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!
We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.
We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.
Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.
We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.
A full breakdown of our benefits is  here!
For Pay Transparency: The base salary range for this position is $128,947-$198,000 annually, based on a local (San Francisco) hire. The final offer amount may depend on experience, education, skills, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.
About Volley  Volley, named one of  Y Combinator's Top Companies , is the leading developer of voice AI games and entertainment apps for smart speaker platforms like Amazon Alexa, smartphones, and connected TVs. Our voice apps are world-class and attract millions of users every month.
We’ve created several of the top experiences for voice-controlled devices, including:
Jeopardy - America’s most popular game show
Song Quiz - a name-that-tune music trivia game
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? - a quiz game to test your elementary-level knowledge
Bedtime Stories - a soothing, narrated skill to help you fall asleep
We believe voice control will be the main way people access entertainment in their bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, and cars, and our goal is to build a destination for interactive audio entertainment, as Netflix did for television.
Our culture  Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.
We’re a small but quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. We love coming together over Zoom happy hours, the funny and strange in Slack #random, and occasional karaoke sessions in our brand new Hayes Valley office. If this sounds like fun (we promise it is), get in touch!
Underrepresented candidates, and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!

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<div><h3><strong>Role summary</strong></h3><p>Volley is a leader in the voice-activated entertainment space with AI at the core powering voice-driven games for our users including speech recognition and proprietary systems that build upon Natural Language Understanding (NLU). We are pioneers in leveraging generative AI for gaming with 20 Questions being one of the first LLM-powered experiences on connected platforms and we are actively expanding our portfolio.</p><p>We’re looking for a Software Engineer for our AI Team to join in helping us create some of our flagship voice-AI-driven games. You will join a team of full-stack engineers working across platforms including Roku, FireTV, and Alexa to deliver best-in-class voice-activated AI gaming experiences to our users.</p><p>Our AI team is at the forefront of our R&D efforts ensuring that we’re leveraging the advances in AI technology to deliver the best experiences for our users. We are innovating on fun, creative, new games and enhancing user engagement in existing titles by leveraging AI. You will partner with many teams and functions to ensure that we have appropriate data, monitoring, and testing tools in place and ensure appropriate guardrails are in place to deliver safe and fun experiences for our users.</p><p>We’re actively expanding our game titles and platforms and this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in creating innovative, fun AI-powered games across connected devices.</p><p>This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office three times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work.</p><h3><strong>What you'll do at Volley</strong></h3><ul><li>Work on products that reach millions of active users</li><li>Develop best-in-class voice-controlled products that are social, engaging, and fun to play</li><li>Build machine learning systems and pipelines for training, shipping, and operating machine learning models</li><li>Contribute to our powerful internal engine that allows developers to build and iterate quickly</li><li>Architect and deliver solutions for our products that are reliable and scalable</li><li>Collaborate with UX experts, designers, and data analysts to deliver products quickly and effectively</li></ul><h3><strong>Stuff you may have done before</strong></h3><ul><li>Built consumer-facing apps or games at scale</li><li>Experience in Natural Language Processing, Audio ML, Signal Processing or Text Generation</li><li>Operated in environments with fast development cycles focused on rapid product iteration</li><li>Been part of a high-performing engineering team</li><li>Worked with audio, voice, or other emerging technologies</li></ul><h3><strong>Must-haves</strong></h3><ul><li>4+ years of professional coding experience with a focus on Machine Learning or Generative AI</li><li>Experience working on a product and user experience-focused software development team</li><li>Experience with or strong interest in modern NodeJS and/or Typescript or other strongly typed languages</li><li>Passion for entertainment and/or games</li></ul><h3><strong>Our stack</strong></h3><ul><li>React, Node, Express, Typescript: app/API development</li><li>Redis, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, AWS Aurora: database and caching</li><li>Docker/Kubernetes: containerized shipping and deployment</li><li>Retool: front-end CMS for API we use to manage our content</li></ul><h3><strong>Your first 90 days</strong></h3><ul><li>Onboard into Volley’s engine and deployment infrastructure</li><li>Participate in product feature and roadmap discussions with your product manager</li><li>Familiarize yourself with the project architecture and lay out a technical roadmap</li><li>Deploy lots of new experiments, features, and fixes into production</li><li>Work directly with the product to improve conversion, retention, and monetization for some of the most beloved games in the world</li></ul><h3><strong>The hiring process</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Stage 1</strong>: (Preliminary Video Call) with a member of our recruitment team</li><li><strong>Stage 2</strong>: (Technical Screen Video Call) with one of our engineers + (Behavioral Screen Video Call) with one of our engineering managers</li><li><strong>Stage 3</strong>: (Onsite) with various partners and team members</li><li><strong>Stage 4</strong>: (Offer)</li><li><strong>Stage 5</strong>: (Founder Chat) with our Founders</li></ul><h3><strong>What's in it for you</strong></h3><ul><li>Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!</li><li>We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.</li><li>We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.</li><li>Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.</li><li>We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.</li><li>A full breakdown of our benefits is<a href="#"> <strong>here</strong></a><strong>!</strong></li></ul><p>For Pay Transparency: The salary range that we expect to pay for this position is <strong>$144,000 - $216,000</strong> annually. This is a portion of the pay band for the role and level we are seeking. The final offer amount will depend on experience, education and skills. Base pay is only one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p><a href="#">Volley</a> is the leading developer of AI-powered games for smart TVs, Amazon Alexa, and mobile devices. Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Volley games include<a href="#"> Song Quiz</a>,<a href="#"> Jeopardy!</a>, and<a href="#"> Wheel of Fortune</a>.</p><p>We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We’re building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of “AI-powered games.”</p><p>Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're headquartered in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. We’re a quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. If you think you would enjoy creating joyful games on top of a rapidly evolving AI technology stack, please get in touch!</p><p>Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.</p><p>Underrepresented candidates and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!</p></div>
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<h3><strong>Role summary</strong></h3><p>Volley is looking for engineers to help us build the future of fun, casual, voice-powered games. In this role, you will be responsible for shipping features that improve the end-user experience while ensuring high software quality and collaborating with product, design, and other stakeholders. You will also help the technical growth of engineers on your team while promoting work-life balance.</p><p>We have big plans to expand our range of games and the number of platforms we support. We're a small and diverse team that delivers outsized impact through smart technical investment. We are looking for someone who is curious, empathetic, excited to learn, and a creative problem-solver.</p><p>This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement. We are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office three times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work.</p><h3><strong>What you'll do at Volley</strong></h3><ul><li>Work on products that reach users on multiple platforms (Roku, Fire TV, Alexa, and mobile) and across several games</li><li>Coordinate the work across multiple teams to ensure that solutions meet needs of our products and business</li><li>Help develop best-in-class voice-controlled products that are social, engaging, and fun to play</li><li>Architect and deliver solutions for our products that are reliable, pragmatic, and scalable.</li><li>Collaborate with UX experts, designers, and data analysts to deliver products quickly and effectively</li></ul><h3><strong>Must-haves</strong></h3><ul><li>6+ years of professional coding experience</li><li>Have designed APIs, services, and platforms in a robust manner at scale</li><li>Ability to make pragmatic decisions based on business needs</li><li>A passion for code quality, design patterns, and architecture</li><li>Experience with modern NodeJS and Typescript or other strongly typed languages</li><li>Passion for entertainment and games</li></ul><h3>Your first 90 days</h3><ul><li>Onboard into Volley's backend and deployment infrastructure</li><li>Take the lead on product roadmap discussions with your product manager</li><li>Familiarize yourself with the project architecture and lay out a technical roadmap</li><li>Deploy lots of new experiments, features, and fixes into production</li><li>Work directly with the product to improve conversion, retention, and monetization for our games</li></ul><h3><strong>The hiring process</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Stage 1 (Preliminary Video Call)</strong> with a member of our recruitment team</li><li><strong>Stage 2 (Behavioral Screen Video Call)</strong> with one of our engineering managers</li><li><strong>Stage 3 (Technical Screen Video Call)</strong> with one of our engineers</li><li><strong>Stage 4 (Full-day Virtual “On-Site”)</strong> with various partners and team members</li><li><strong>Stage 5 (Founder Chat)</strong> with our Founders</li><li><strong>Stage 6 (Offer)</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p><a href="#">Volley</a> is the leading developer of AI-powered games for Amazon Alexa, Roku TVs, and mobile devices. Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Volley games include Song Quiz, Jeopardy!, and The Price Is Right.</p><p>Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're headquartered in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. We're a quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. If you think you would enjoy creating joyful games on top of a rapidly evolving AI technology stack, please get in touch!</p><p>Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.</p><p>Underrepresented candidates and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!</p>
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<h3><strong>Role summary</strong></h3><p>Volley is a unique, fast-growing AI gaming company that is building both games and an underlying proprietary game engine. Our voice-controlled AI games reach millions of customers each month. We are actively working to reach millions more players by launching our games on new platforms such as Roku and Fire TV.</p><p>The Platform team at Volley is looking for an enthusiastic engineer with deep expertise in building game engines, app platforms, or SDKs. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to develop a multi-platform game engine for voice-controlled AI games. As a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for assessing the technical challenges of different TV operating systems and engineering innovative solutions to address them. You will also collaborate closely with game developers to understand their requirements and provide them with the necessary tools and capabilities to increase their velocity when building games.</p><p>We’re a small and diverse team that delivers outsized impact through smart technical investments. We’re looking for someone who is curious, empathetic, and a creative problem solver. You will have significant impact and visibility across our organization, collaborating with company leadership and our product teams to understand business goals, driving technical decision-making on the Platform team, and setting a standard of excellence for the broader engineering organization.</p><h3><strong>What you’ll do at Volley</strong></h3><ul><li>Develop our multi-platform strategy and build toward our vision of a "write once, run anywhere” game engine</li><li>Develop game engine features, tools, and SDKs for core functionalities such as rendering, voice recognition, and animations, enabling our product engineers to build delightful voice-controlled game experiences for TVs</li><li>Work with company leadership and our product teams to inform a tech strategy that aligns with our overall business strategy</li><li>Support the organizational growth and development of the team through process improvements and mentorship</li><li>Dive into production issues across multiple levels of our stack and use learnings to establish best practices for observability and stability</li><li>Develop and execute on quarterly and annual roadmaps while making effective tradeoffs that weigh business priorities, user experience requirements, and investments in foundational technology</li><li>Collaborate with UX experts, designers, and data analysts to power best-in-class voice-controlled games</li></ul><p><strong>Stuff you may have done before</strong></p><ul><li>Worked on SDKs, game engines, or software platforms</li><li>Built games, or consumer-facing mobile or web apps, at scale</li><li>Worked with audio, voice, AI, or other emerging technologies</li><li>Been the primary technical decision-maker for a group of 20+ engineers</li><li>Developed applications on smart TV platforms (e.g. Roku, Fire TV, Google TV, Apple TV)</li></ul><h3><strong>Must-haves</strong></h3><ul><li>10+ years of experience as a software engineer</li><li>A passion for end-user experiences, code quality, design patterns, and architecture</li><li>Examples of successfully advocating for technical investments that accelerated product development</li><li>Proven track record of learning new technologies and adapting to platform requirements</li><li>A strong background in mentoring junior engineers</li><li>Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal</li></ul><h3><strong>Our Stack</strong></h3><ul><li>Typescript & Node.js</li><li>React & React Native (Fire TV)</li><li><a href="#">Brighterscript</a> (Roku)</li><li>DynamoDB,</li><li>PostgreSQL, Redis</li><li>Kubernetes</li></ul><h3><strong>The hiring process</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Stage 1 (Preliminary Video Call)</strong> with a member of our Recruitment team</li><li><strong>Stage 2 (Behavioral Screen Video Call)</strong> with one of our Engineering Managers</li><li><strong>Stage 3 (Technical Screen Video Call)</strong> with one of our Senior Engineers</li><li><strong>Stage 4 (Full-day Virtual “On-Site”)</strong> with various partners and team members</li><li><strong>Stage 5 (Founder Chat)</strong> with our Founders</li><li><strong>Stage 6 (Offer)</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>What’s in it for you</strong></h3><ul><li>Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!</li><li>We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.</li><li>We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.</li><li>Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.</li><li>We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.</li><li>A full breakdown of our benefits is <a href="#">**here</a>!**</li></ul><p>For Pay Transparency: The base salary range for this position is <strong>$189,477 - $260,531</strong> annually, based on a local (San Francisco) hire. The final offer amount may depend on experience, education, skills, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p><a href="#">Volley</a> is the leading developer of AI-powered games for Amazon Alexa, Roku TVs, and mobile devices. Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Volley games include Song Quiz , Jeopardy! , and The Price Is Right .</p><p>We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We’re building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of “AI-powered games.”</p><p>Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're headquartered in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. We’re a quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. If you think you would enjoy creating joyful games on top of a rapidly evolving AI technology stack, please get in touch!</p><p>Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.</p><p>Underrepresented candidates and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!</p>
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<h3><strong>Role summary</strong></h3><p>Volley is a leader in the voice-activated entertainment space with AI at the core powering voice-driven games for our users including speech recognition and proprietary systems that build upon Natural Language Understanding (NLU). We are pioneers in leveraging generative AI for gaming with 20 Questions being one of the first LLM-powered experiences on connected platforms and we are actively expanding our portfolio.</p><p>Volley’s Product Engineering team is looking for a Fullstack Software Engineer who will advocate for and demonstrate a commitment to product quality, well-designed software, and robust architecture. You would be responsible for expeditiously shipping features that improve the end-user experience while ensuring the highest levels of software quality and collaborating with product, design, and other stakeholders. You will join a team of engineers working across platforms including Roku, FireTV, and Alexa to deliver best-in-class voice-activated AI gaming experiences to our users.</p><p>We’re actively expanding our game titles and platforms and this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in creating innovative, fun AI-powered games across connected devices.</p><p>This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office three times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work.</p><h3><strong>What you'll do at Volley</strong></h3><ul><li>Work on products that reach millions of active users</li><li>Develop best-in-class voice-controlled products that are social, engaging, and fun to play</li><li>Contribute to our powerful internal engine that allows developers to build and iterate quickly.</li><li>Architect and deliver solutions for our products that are reliable and scalable.</li><li>Collaborate with UX experts, designers, and data analysts to deliver products quickly and effectively</li></ul><h3><strong>Stuff you may have done before</strong></h3><ul><li>Built consumer-facing apps or games at scale</li><li>Operated in environments with fast development cycles focused on rapid product iteration</li><li>Been part of a high-performing engineering team</li><li>Worked with audio, voice, or other emerging technologies</li></ul><h3><strong>Must-haves</strong></h3><ul><li>3+ years of professional Fullstack coding experience</li><li>Experience supporting a product- and experience-focused software development team</li><li>Experience with modern NodeJS and/or Typescript</li><li>Some experience with Unity and/or Unreal game engines</li></ul><h3><strong>Nice to have</strong></h3><ul><li>Worked directly with audio, voice, or other emerging technologies</li><li>Passion for entertainment and/or games</li><li>Experience with Generative AI</li></ul><h3>Our stack</h3><ul><li>Typescript & Node.js</li><li>React</li><li>Kubernetes</li><li>DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Neo4j</li><li>Our custom engine: GEV (the Good Engine for Voice)</li><li>Our scripting language: Flowscript</li></ul><h3>Your first 90 days</h3><ul><li>Onboard into Volley’s engine and deployment infrastructure</li><li>Join product roadmap discussions with your product manager</li><li>Familiarize yourself with the project architecture and lay out a technical roadmap</li><li>Deploy lots of new experiments, features, and fixes into production</li><li>Work directly with the product to improve conversion, retention, and monetization for some of the most beloved games in the world</li></ul><h3><strong>The hiring process</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Stage 1</strong>: (Preliminary Video Call) with a member of our recruitment team</li><li><strong>Stage 2</strong>: (Technical Screen Video Call) with one of our engineers + (Behavioral Screen Video Call) with one of our engineering managers</li><li><strong>Stage 3</strong>: (Onsite) with various partners and team members</li><li><strong>Stage 4</strong>: (Offer)</li><li><strong>Stage 5</strong>: (Founder Chat) with our Founders</li></ul><h3><strong>What's in it for you</strong></h3><ul><li>Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!</li><li>We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.</li><li>We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.</li><li>Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.</li><li>We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.</li><li>A full breakdown of our benefits is <strong><a href="#">here</a>!</strong></li></ul><p>For Pay Transparency: The salary range that we expect to pay for this position is <strong>$144,000 - $216,000</strong> annually. This is a portion of the pay band for the role and level we are seeking. The final offer amount will depend on experience, education and skills. Base pay is only one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p><a href="#">Volley</a> is the leading developer of AI-powered games for smart TVs, Amazon Alexa, and mobile devices . Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Volley games include <a href="#">Song Quiz </a>, <a href="#">Jeopardy! </a>, and <a href="#">Wheel of Fortune </a>.</p><p>We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We’re building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of “AI-powered games.”</p><p>Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're headquartered in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. We’re a quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. If you think you would enjoy creating joyful games on top of a rapidly evolving AI technology stack, please get in touch!</p><p>Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.</p><p>Underrepresented candidates and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!</p>
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<h3>Role Summary</h3><p>Volley is looking for a creative & product-focused engineer to help us build some of the most exciting games in voice entertainment. You would be responsible for shipping new features to millions of users, improving the end-user experience, and collaborating with world-class product designers.</p><p>This is a fantastic opportunity for game developers (or aspiring game developers) to gain hands-on experience working on a cutting-edge platform!</p><p><em>This job opportunity offers a San Francisco-based hybrid work model, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our SF office 2-3 times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate. (We cover relocation!)</em></p><h3>What you'll do</h3><ul><li>Work on products that reach millions of active users</li><li>Work on best-in-class voice-controlled products that are social, engaging, and fun to play</li><li>Take advantage of our powerful engine to build and iterate quickly, focusing on writing logic, not boilerplate</li><li>Create well-designed APIs that are consumed by all sorts of platforms</li></ul><h3>Stuff you may have done before</h3><ul><li>Built consumer-facing apps or games at scale</li><li>Architected, implemented, and documented multi-platform APIs</li><li>Managed Automation & Deployment</li><li>Contributed to open-source frameworks</li><li>Operated in environments with fast development cycles focused on rapid product iteration</li><li>Been part of a high-performing engineering team</li></ul><h3>Must-haves</h3><ul><li>3-5 years of professional coding experience</li><li>Experience with modern NodeJS and/or Typescript or other strongly typed languages</li><li>Strong verbal and written communication skills</li></ul><h3>Our stack</h3><ul><li>Typescript & Node.js</li><li>React</li><li>Kubernetes</li><li>DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Neo4j</li><li>Our custom engine: GEV (the Good Engine for Voice)</li><li>Our scripting language: Flowscript</li></ul><h3>Your first 90 days</h3><ul><li>Onboard with Typescript, our engine, and our deployment infrastructure</li><li>Get to know your immediate team, as well as your partners in product, design, and data</li><li>Deploy lots of new experiments, features, and fixes into production</li><li>Work directly with the product to improve conversion, retention, and monetization for some of the most beloved games in the world</li></ul><h3>The hiring process</h3><ul><li>Stage 1 (Preliminary Screening Call) with a member of our recruitment team</li><li>Stage 2 (Technical Screening) with a member of our Engineering team</li><li>Stage 3 (Virtual On-Site Interview - Part 1)</li><li>Stage 4 (Virtual On-Site Interview - Part 2)</li><li>Stage 5 (Founder Chat) with our Founders</li><li>Stage 6 (Offer)</li></ul><h3>What's in it for you</h3><ul><li>Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!</li><li>We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.</li><li>We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.</li><li>Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.</li><li>We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.</li></ul><p>A full breakdown of our benefits is <a href="#">here!</a></p><p><em>For Pay Transparency: The base salary range for this position is $128,947-$198,000 annually, based on a local (San Francisco) hire. The final offer amount may depend on experience, education, skills, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.</em></p><h3>About Volley</h3><p>Volley, named one of <a href="#">Y Combinator's Top Companies</a>, is the leading developer of voice AI games and entertainment apps for smart speaker platforms like Amazon Alexa, smartphones, and connected TVs. Our voice apps are world-class and attract millions of users every month.</p><p>We’ve created several of the top experiences for voice-controlled devices, including:</p><ul><li><a href="#">Jeopardy</a>- America’s most popular game show</li><li><a href="#">Song Quiz</a>- a name-that-tune music trivia game</li><li><a href="#">Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?</a>- a quiz game to test your elementary-level knowledge</li><li><a href="#">Bedtime Stories</a>- a soothing, narrated skill to help you fall asleep</li></ul><p>We believe voice control will be the main way people access entertainment in their bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, and cars, and our goal is to build a destination for interactive audio entertainment, as Netflix did for television.</p><h3>Our culture</h3><p>Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.</p><p>We’re a small but quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. We love coming together over Zoom happy hours, the funny and strange in Slack #random, and occasional karaoke sessions in our brand new Hayes Valley office. If this sounds like fun (we promise it is), get in touch!</p><p><em>Underrepresented candidates, and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!</em></p>
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<h3><strong>Role summary</strong></h3><p>Volley’s product engineering team is looking for an engineering leader who will advocate for and demonstrate a commitment to product quality, well-designed software, and robust architecture. You would be responsible for expeditiously shipping features that improve the end-user experience while ensuring the highest levels of software quality and collaborating with product, design, and other stakeholders. You would also be responsible for mentorship and the technical growth of engineers on your team while also promoting work-life balance.</p><p>This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office 2-3 times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work.</p><h3><strong>What you'll do at Volley</strong></h3><ul><li>Work on products that reach millions of active users</li><li>Develop best-in-class voice-controlled products that are social, engaging, and fun to play</li><li>Contribute to our powerful internal engine that allows developers to build and iterate quickly.</li><li>Architect and deliver solutions for our products that are reliable and scalable.</li><li>Collaborate with UX experts, designers, and data analysts to deliver products quickly and effectively</li></ul><h3><strong>Stuff you may have done before</strong></h3><ul><li>Built consumer-facing apps or games at scale</li><li>Operated in environments with fast development cycles focused on rapid product iteration</li><li>Been part of a high-performing engineering team</li><li>Worked with audio, voice, or other emerging technologies</li></ul><h3><strong>Must-haves</strong></h3><ul><li>6+ years of professional coding experience</li><li>Experience leading a product- and experience-focused software development team</li><li>Experience with modern NodeJS and/or Typescript or other strongly typed languages</li><li>Passion for entertainment and/or games</li></ul><h3>Our stack</h3><ul><li>Typescript & Node.js</li><li>React</li><li>Kubernetes</li><li>DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Neo4j</li><li>Our custom engine: GEV (the Good Engine for Voice)</li><li>Our scripting language: Flowscript</li></ul><h3>Your first 90 days</h3><ul><li>Onboard into Volley’s engine and deployment infrastructure</li><li>Take the lead on product roadmap discussions with your product manager</li><li>Familiarize yourself with the project architecture and lay out a technical roadmap</li><li>Deploy lots of new experiments, features, and fixes into production</li><li>Work directly with the product to improve conversion, retention, and monetization for some of the most beloved games in the world</li></ul><h3><strong>The hiring process</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Stage 1 (Preliminary Screening Call)</strong> with a member of our recruitment team</li><li><strong>Stage 2 (Technical Screening + Behavioral Interview)</strong> with a member of our Engineering team</li><li><strong>Stage 3 (Virtual On-Site Interview)</strong> with various partners and team members.</li><li><strong>Stage 4 (Founder Chat)</strong> with our Founders</li><li><strong>Stage 5 (Offer)</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>What's in it for you</strong></h3><ul><li>Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!</li><li>We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.</li><li>We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.</li><li>Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.</li><li>We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.</li></ul><p>For Pay Transparency: The salary range that we expect to pay for this position is <strong>$164,000 - $220,000</strong> annually. This is a portion of the pay band for the role and level we are seeking. The final offer amount will depend on experience, education and skills. Base pay is only one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p><a href="#">Volley</a> is the leading developer of AI-powered games for smart TVs, Amazon Alexa, and mobile devices. Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Volley games include <a href="#">Song Quiz</a>, <a href="#">Jeopardy!</a>, and <a href="#">Wheel of Fortune</a>.</p><p>We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We’re building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of “AI-powered games.”</p><p>Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're headquartered in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. We’re a quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. If you think you would enjoy creating joyful games on top of a rapidly evolving AI technology stack, please get in touch!</p><p>Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.</p><p>Underrepresented candidates and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!</p>
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<strong><strong>Role summary</strong></strong><br><br>The TV Games group at Volley is looking for a thoughtful and pragmatic product engineer to join our team. We're building fun, casual, voice-powered games for the biggest smart TV platforms. Families are gathering around their TVs to shout out "What is The Olympic Games?" as they take each other on at Jeopardy!, or "I'd like to solve the puzzle!" as they play Wheel of Fortune.<br><br>We value engineers who advocate for and demonstrate a commitment to product quality, well-designed software, and robust architecture. You would be responsible for expeditiously shipping features that improve the end-user experience while ensuring the highest levels of software quality and collaborating with product, design, and other stakeholders. You would also be responsible for mentorship and the technical growth of engineers on your team while also promoting work-life balance.<br><br>This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office 2-3 times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work.<br><strong><strong>What you'll do at Volley</strong></strong><br><ul><li>Work on products that reach millions of active users</li><li>Develop best-in-class voice-controlled products that are social, engaging, and fun to play</li><li>Contribute to our powerful internal engine that allows developers to build and iterate quickly.</li><li>Architect and deliver solutions for our products that are reliable and scalable.</li><li>Collaborate with UX experts, designers, and data analysts to deliver products quickly and effectively</li></ul><strong><strong>Stuff you may have done before</strong></strong><br><ul><li>Built games, or consumer-facing mobile or web apps, at scale</li><li>Operated in environments with fast development cycles focused on rapid product iteration</li><li>Experience leading a product- and experience-focused software development team</li><li>Built with Unity and/or Unreal game engines</li><li>Worked with audio, voice AI, or other emerging technologies</li></ul><strong><strong>Must-haves</strong></strong><br><ul><li>6+ years of professional full-stack coding experience</li><li>Experience with modern NodeJS and/or Typescript or other strongly typed languages</li><li>Been part of a high-performing engineering team</li><li>Passion for entertainment and/or games</li></ul><strong>Our stack</strong><br><ul><li>TypeScript, React, React Native, Node, Express: app/API development</li><li>Postgres and AWS Aurora: persistent database storage</li><li>Redis: in-memory data storage and caching</li><li>Docker/Kubernetes: containerized shipping and deployment</li><li>Retool: front-end CMS for API we use to manage our content</li></ul><strong>Your first 90 days</strong><br><ul><li>Onboard into Volley's engine and deployment infrastructure</li><li>Take the lead on product roadmap discussions with your product manager</li><li>Familiarize yourself with the project architecture and lay out a technical roadmap</li><li>Deploy lots of new experiments, features, and fixes into production</li><li>Work directly with the product to improve conversion, retention, and monetization for some of the most beloved games in the world</li></ul><strong><strong>The hiring process</strong></strong><br><ul><li><strong>Stage 1</strong>: (Preliminary Video Call) with a member of our recruitment team</li><li><strong>Stage 2</strong>: (Technical Screen Video Call) with one of our engineers + (Behavioral Screen Video Call) with one of our engineering managers</li><li><strong>Stage 3</strong>: (Onsite) with various partners and team members</li><li><strong>Stage 4</strong>: (Offer)</li><li><strong>Stage 5</strong>: (Founder Chat) with our Founders</li></ul><strong><strong>What's in it for you</strong></strong><br><ul><li>Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!</li><li>We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.</li><li>We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.</li><li>Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.</li><li>We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.</li><li>A full breakdown of our benefits is <strong>here!</strong></li></ul><br>For Pay Transparency: The salary range that we expect to pay for this position is <strong>$164,000 - $220,000</strong> annually. This is a portion of the pay band for the role and level we are seeking. The final offer amount will depend on experience, education and skills. Base pay is only one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.<br><strong><strong>About Us</strong></strong><br><br>Volley is the leading developer of AI-powered games for smart TVs, Amazon Alexa, and mobile devices. Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Volley games include Song Quiz, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune.<br><br>We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We're building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of "AI-powered games."<br><br>Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're headquartered in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. We're a quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. If you think you would enjoy creating joyful games on top of a rapidly evolving AI technology stack, please get in touch!<br><br>Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.<br><br>Underrepresented candidates and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!

<strong><strong>Role summary</strong></strong><br><br>Volley's Product Engineering team is looking for a Fullstack Software Engineer who will advocate for and demonstrate a commitment to product quality, well-designed software, and robust architecture. You would be responsible for expeditiously shipping features that improve the end-user experience while ensuring the highest levels of software quality and collaborating with product, design, and other stakeholders. You will join a team of engineers working across platforms including Roku, FireTV, and Alexa to deliver best-in-class voice-activated AI gaming experiences to our users.<br><br>We're actively expanding our game titles and platforms and this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in creating innovative, fun AI-powered games across connected devices.<br><br>This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office three times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work.<br><strong><strong>What you'll do at Volley</strong></strong><br><ul><li>Work on products that reach millions of active users</li><li>Develop best-in-class voice-controlled products that are social, engaging, and fun to play</li><li>Contribute to our powerful internal engine that allows developers to build and iterate quickly.</li><li>Architect and deliver solutions for our products that are reliable and scalable.</li><li>Collaborate with UX experts, designers, and data analysts to deliver products quickly and effectively</li></ul><strong><strong>Stuff you may have done before</strong></strong><br><ul><li>Built consumer-facing apps or games at scale</li><li>Operated in environments with fast development cycles focused on rapid product iteration</li><li>Been part of a high-performing engineering team</li><li>Worked with audio, voice, or other emerging technologies</li></ul><strong><strong>Must-haves</strong></strong><br><ul><li>3+ years of professional Fullstack coding experience</li><li>Experience suppporting a product- and experience-focused software development team</li><li>Experience with modern NodeJS and/or Typescript</li><li>Some experience with Unity and/or Unreal game engines </li></ul><strong><strong>Nice to have</strong></strong><br><ul><li>Worked directly with audio, voice, or other emerging technologies</li><li>Passion for entertainment and/or games </li><li>Experience with Generative AI </li></ul><strong>Our stack</strong><br><ul><li>Typescript & Node.js</li><li>React</li><li>Kubernetes</li><li>DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Neo4j</li><li>Our custom engine: GEV (the Good Engine for Voice)</li><li>Our scripting language: Flowscript</li></ul><strong>Your first 90 days</strong><br><ul><li>Onboard into Volley's engine and deployment infrastructure</li><li>Join product roadmap discussions with your product manager</li><li>Familiarize yourself with the project architecture and lay out a technical roadmap</li><li>Deploy lots of new experiments, features, and fixes into production</li><li>Work directly with the product to improve conversion, retention, and monetization for some of the most beloved games in the world</li></ul><strong><strong>The hiring process</strong></strong><br><ul><li><strong>Stage 1</strong>: (Preliminary Video Call) with a member of our recruitment team</li><li><strong>Stage 2</strong>: (Technical Screen Video Call) with one of our engineers + (Behavioral Screen Video Call) with one of our engineering managers</li><li><strong>Stage 3</strong>: (Onsite) with various partners and team members</li><li><strong>Stage 4</strong>: (Offer)</li><li><strong>Stage 5</strong>: (Founder Chat) with our Founders</li></ul><strong><strong>What's in it for you</strong></strong><br><ul><li>Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!</li><li>We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.</li><li>We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.</li><li>Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.</li><li>We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.</li><li>A full breakdown of our benefits is <strong>here!</strong></li></ul><br>For Pay Transparency: The salary range that we expect to pay for this position is <strong>$144,000 - $216,000</strong> annually. This is a portion of the pay band for the role and level we are seeking. The final offer amount will depend on experience, education and skills. Base pay is only one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.<br><strong><strong>About Us</strong></strong><br><br>Volley is the leading developer of AI-powered games for smart TVs, Amazon Alexa, and mobile devices. Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Volley games include Song Quiz, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune.<br><br>We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We're building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of "AI-powered games."<br><br>Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're headquartered in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. We're a quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. If you think you would enjoy creating joyful games on top of a rapidly evolving AI technology stack, please get in touch!<br><br>Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive the other benefits and privileges of employment.<br><br>Underrepresented candidates and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!

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