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C++ Developer

Cyprus or Europe

Musescore Studio

We're hiring a C++ developer to work primarily on engraving within the MuseScore Studio team. This is hands-on, experienced independent contributor role with lots of autonomy. You'll take on ambiguous, complex problems and see them through from design to shipping and long-term maintenance.

MuseScore Studio is free, open-source software used by millions of musicians, students, and composers worldwide, so the code you write here has a lot of impact and is used by an active community of creators around the world.

Key responsibilities

Required experience

• Significant professional experience as software developer, including modern C++ in a large, long-lived, performance-sensitive desktop codebase.

• Experience owning solutions end to end, from design through delivery and maintenance, not just implementing tickets.

• Committed to code quality, with good judgment for making solid architectural decisions.

• Experience with OOP and domain model design.

• Able to read and understand fairly complex sheet music, with a good understanding of music theory.

• Solid communication and collaboration, comfortable working async across a distributed, global team.

• AI coding-savvy, applying critical thinking to discern when it is the right tool for the job

• Attention to detail: in engraving, small inconsistencies are immediately visible to the musicians who rely on the output.

• An eye for visual design: you know what a beautiful score looks like and care about making that happen.

Desirable

• Hands-on experience with MuseScore Studio or a competing notation/composition tool, as a user, arranger, or composer.

• Experience with MIDI and synthesizers

• Experience with asynchronous and multi-threaded code

• Experience working with fonts, with freetype

• Experience in rendering and OpenGL

Bonus Points

• Experience working on engraving for a music composition software or publisher

Benefits