In the last few years, we've all come to appreciate the importance of socializing online - as long as some of the ways those online platforms still fall short of the authenticity of in-person connection. Modulate's mission is to bridge that gap and empower more people to find rich and accepting communities online.
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Culture
Push your skills to the next level while joining a passionate and flexible team that, cliche as it sounds, really is making the world a better place. We're a well-funded startup working with top social platforms and gaming studios to detect misbehavior, encourage friendship and collaboration, and ultimately ensure that the 'multiverse' is for everyone.
Beyond our lofty mission, our culture prioritizes autonomy, transparency, personal growth, and a constant desire to experiment and learn from others rather than to try to enforce conformity. We're proud to compensate our team well, but we also want to ensure team members gain even more from their experience at Modulate. Thus, we strive to make sure that while anyone joining Modulate brings real value to the company, we also pay that back by providing them the chances and tools to grow so they can achieve their own goals in the future.
- Values
- Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
It’s important to understand what our ultimate vision is for the culture - what are we striving for? In order to answer these, we define eight “culture pillars”, which are listed along with simple taglines below in alphabetical order.
Our eight culture pillars are:
* Autonomy. Set the direction, then get out of the way.
* Clarity. Measure twice, cut once.
* Individuality. Don’t be ‘normal.’ Be you.
* Joint Ambition. Take steps that help us succeed. Everything else is decoration.
* Personal Growth. The best time and place for feedback is here and now.
* Positive Impact. Leave anything or anyone better than how you found them.
* Respect. Your preferences are as real and important as mine.
* Transparency. Overcommunicate - you don’t know what they’ll gain most from hearing.
But anyone can claim ambitious culture goals. Let's instead talk about what separates someone who will be happy and successful at Modulate from someone who might respect what we're doing but prefer working elsewhere.
- You genuinely believe in the potential for safer online communities across gaming, social, and so many more applications; and no matter how clever your ideas or how great your effort, you understand and agree that our only true metric for success is whether we collectively achieve that mission.
- Given the feedback of “you’re doing great, keep it up,” your reaction is not relief or satisfaction but to eagerly ask "but how can I do even better?"
- You know your job isn’t to “do what your manager tells you”, but rather to work together with them to combine their strategic goals with your boots-on-the-ground knowledge and figure out the truly best work to be doing.
- You recognize that great ideas can come from anywhere, so you go out of your way to bring in new perspectives and keep Modulate’s culture inclusive to everyone.
- You may find meetings or writing documentation to be boring, but you’d never try to cut yourself off from that kind of work - you know transparency and staying aligned with the team is far too important to be a second priority.
- You respect your coworkers enough to tell them the truth - even when the truth is that you don’t think they are meeting the bar - because keeping that information from them means refusing them the chance to fix the problem.
- You are prepared to sometimes follow decisions you don’t fully understand as part of our ability to move fast; but that will never stop you from voicing questions and holding our leadership team accountable to living up to our values.
- Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you’re excited to sign up for a journey together. While each of our roles below includes key skills you should be prepared to demonstrate, Modulate is much more excited to hire someone passionate and ready to learn even if inexperienced, over someone who perfectly meets the bar today but has no interest in their role evolving as we grow.
Once a candidate reaches the final interview stage, we will ask them for their name and pronouns, and team members will meet them directly. But at this stage, we still use a structured rubric to ensure we’re assessing each candidate along the same dimensions, and minimizing opportunity for biases to creep back into the process.
Why are you joining Modulate?
"My first thought when I heard about Modulate’s product suite was a rumination on the potential of being a trans/nonbinary kid with access to this technology. I would have ended up in a different place with a different path if I had been able to be a part of communities with a voice closer to the one I wanted. Being with Modulate might mean I can help bring that to a kid living the life I lived."
Why are you joining Modulate?
"The combination of machine learning and audio has always held a special place in my heart, which is something I have in common with most (if not all) of the team members at Modulate. I’m joining Modulate to not only contribute to the fascinating area of research where these two passions of mine cross, but also to help unlock the power and freedom of voice in online experiences. I’m proud to join a team so passionate about these immersive experiences as well as the ethics behind them."
Why are you joining Modulate?
"I’ve been involved in the online gaming space since childhood. I consider myself lucky to say that I’ve experienced the best parts of the community, making friends for life over the years. I’ve also seen the dark side and the space has a lot of maturing to do. I want all folks to feel welcome, respected, and safe when they’re gaming."
Why are you joining Modulate?
"I wrote my thesis on how machine learning and classical DSP can be used to recreate a studio setting. I am really fascinated about how machine learning can be used to optimize and enhance human experience. The products developed at Modulate definitely inspired me and aligned with interests! But I also really connected with the culture at Modulate and the fact that it was mentioned in such great detail on the website. I genuinely feel this is the right place for me!"