Software Engineer - Audio

Job description

BUILD SOMETHING MONUMENTAL FOR HEALTHCARE! At Tandem Health we’re reimagining healthcare by putting clinicians first. Our platform - designed by clinicians, for clinicians - is built on deep insight into real-world pain points, with intuitive medical notes and workflows that truly support patient care. We’re a fast-scaling health-tech company backed by top investors and expanding globally. We move fast, stay curious, and believe building something that matters starts with an extraordinary team. If you're passionate about impact and innovation, we'd love to meet you! ABOUT THE ROLE You're the kind of engineer who gets curious when things don't behave as expected. When audio drops, latency spikes, devices behave inconsistently, or streams become unreliable, you want to understand why. You've spent time building systems where audio and real-time media matter. Maybe you've worked on streaming platforms, communication products, podcasting infrastructure, video conferencing, live broadcasting, or other media-heavy applications. You've seen the challenges that come with real-time systems and know that delivering a seamless experience requires careful engineering across the entire stack. At Tandem Health, you'll help build and scale the audio infrastructure powering millions of healthcare conversations. From device capture and streaming to transcription and AI-powered documentation, you'll work on systems that need to be reliable, low-latency, and production-ready at scale. This is a highly impactful role where you'll work closely with product, AI, and platform teams to ensure that every conversation reaches our systems with the quality and reliability needed to support clinicians across Europe. WHAT YOU WILL DO - Build and improve the systems that power real-time audio streaming throughout our platform. - Work across the full media pipeline, including device capture, buffering, transport, streaming, transcription, monitoring, and quality assurance. - Design and operate reliable, scalable infrastructure capable of handling large volumes of real-time audio data. - Investigate and solve challenging production issues related to latency, connectivity, audio quality, and device compatibility. - Collaborate with engineers across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI teams to build seamless end-to-end experiences. - Improve observability, testing, and tooling to ensure our media systems remain stable as we continue to scale. - Help shape technical direction and engineering best practices for real-time media systems at Tandem. WHAT YOU BRING - Experience building and operating production systems involving audio, video, streaming, or other real-time data. - Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building reliable backend systems. - Familiarity with technologies and protocols commonly used in real-time media systems such as WebRTC, RTP, RTCP, WebSockets, streaming infrastructure, or similar technologies. - Experience troubleshooting performance, latency, reliability, and scalability issues in production environments. - A systems-oriented mindset and a strong desire to understand how things work beneath the surface. - Ability to work across multiple layers of the stack and collaborate effectively with engineers from different disciplines. - Strong communication skills and a pragmatic approach to solving complex technical problems. BONUS POINTS: - Experience working with large-scale audio processing pipelines. - Experience with speech-to-text, transcription, or conversational AI systems. - Experience building products where audio or video is a core part of the user experience. - Experience with frontend development in React and TypeScript. - Experience with C# and Windows-based development. - Experience working in healthcare, regulated environments, or other reliability-critical domains. LOCATION We believe the best ideas happen when we’re together. This role is based in our vibrant HQ in the Epicenter building in the heart of Stockholm where you will work primarily from our office to collaborate, connect, and build our culture. HOW TO APPLY We adopt a continuous selection process, so please make sure to apply with your CV in English. Our interview process consists of 4 stages: 1. Screening interview with Talent Acquisition 2. Technical interviews with some of our Engineering team 3. System Design Interview at our office - Join us in the Stockholm office for a lunch and a Product focused System Design interview to experience our culture firsthand, collaborate with our team, and see how you work in action. 4. Follow-up interview with our CTO & Co-Founder BENEFITS - Competitive salary & company stock options - 30 days/year of paid vacation - 5,000 SEK wellness allowance (friskvårdsbidrag) plus an additional 6,000 SEK yearly to spend on other health related initiatives - Generous Parental leave top-up for new parents - Private Medical Insurance to stay healthy - Mental health support through our partner Mindler - Pension program - Social and team-building activities (off-sites, after works, winter/summer parties) - An opportunity to make a real positive impact in the world of healthcare - Work with some of the best minds in AI, healthcare, and engineering. We review our benefits packages on a regular basis and might modify our benefits from time to time. CULTURE AT TANDEM At Tandem, we move fast, think big, and take ownership. We're a high-performing, diverse team with a shared drive to change the future of healthcare - and we’re just getting started. Our culture is built on action, ambition, and learning. You'll be trusted to take the lead, challenge yourself, and make an impact from day one. We believe real growth happens when you're stretched, supported, and surrounded by smart, passionate teammates who want to win together. Even though we’re spread across countries, we come together often in Sweden for team meetings, social events, and offsites - blending global reach with real human connection. We hire for talent, potential, and attitude - valuing different backgrounds and fresh perspectives. Great ideas come from everywhere, and we’re building a team that reflects the world we want to change. Tandem handles sensitive patient data and will conduct a background check before hiring any candidate.