Who We Are

We help brands connect to their customers right at the shelf

At Tout, our mission is to provide brands with effective tools to connect with their customers in brick-and-mortar stores. Our vision is a store where personal engagement with shoppers is simple, automatic, and effective. To achieve this, we are pioneering a new augmented audio platform that uses on-device artificial intelligence and our custom-designed retail smart speaker to deliver targeted audio messaging right at the shelf.

Tout's platform encompasses a variety of cutting-edge technologies including our unique custom speaker hardware, our on-device computer vision, and our sophisticated suite of audio ad campaign management tools that bring the advancements of digital ad publication to physical brick-and-mortar stores.

Meeting the challenge of this ambitious undertaking requires extraordinary talent. We are a growing team of talented technologists, product designers, and data scientists working together to improve in-store marketing for brands and retailers. If you are passionate about new technologies and exploring new frontiers of the retail experience, we want to work with you!

Careers at Tout

Job Openings


Embedded Systems Engineer

Required Qualifications
  • 3+ years of engineering experience, preferably working on projects related to integration of complex hardware parts in embedded system designs
  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or another relevant field
  • Deep understanding of signal processing/analysis, control system theory, and audio / video encoding technologies
  • Ability to design architecture for robust device drivers for audio and video sensor data
  • Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB layout design/review for chip-level integration
  • Knowledge of IoT industry and development of platforms that support the deployment of computer vision ML models at the edge on hardware devices
  • Experience in analyzing signal integrity on PCBs
  • Experience developing multithreaded C/C++ applications in both Linux and RTOS environments
  • Familiarity with cloud services for IoT device management such as Google Cloud IoT Core service
  • Familiarity with GitHub, Jira, and Continuous Deployment
  • Strong verbal and written English communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in working with cross-functional teams including Software developers, Product Managers, and Computer Vision ML Engineers to deliver high quality products
  • Competitive salary depending on the relevant work experience and the technical interview
  • Flexible schedule and remote work possibilities
  • Opportunities to pick and work on a wide variety of tasks

QA Engineer

Required Qualifications
  • 3+ years of quality assurance or software development experience
  • Strong skills in testing data-driven applications in JavaScript, Node.js and React
  • Experience in using one or more of the automation tools such as Mocha, Selenium, WebdriverIO or Protractor
  • Fluent verbal and written English communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies such as Google Cloud, AWS and Microsoft Azure
  • Experience in Jira, GitHub and processes of agile software development
  • Problem-solver with hands-on approach
  • Comfortable with working in small teams, learning about innovative technologies
  • Interest in working on projects focusing on building data-driven applications and IoT
  • General familiarity with data science and machine learning concepts would but a plus but not required

Backend Node.js Software Engineer

Required Qualifications
  • 3+ years of JavaScript experience, preferably working with Node.js developing complex microservices based applications
  • Experience with nest.js framework
  • Advanced skills in building and testing REST APIs
  • In-depth knowledge of database design and optimization (e.g. MongoDB, PostgreSQL)
  • Familiarity with cloud services such as Google Cloud, AWS or Microsoft Azure
  • Familiarity with GitHub, Jira, Continuous Deployment, Swagger API documentation
  • Strong verbal and written English communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in working with cross-functional teams including Product Managers, Front End / UI developers, Machine Learning Engineers to deliver high quality products
  • Passion and interest in building complex data-driven applications and AI prototypes
  • Knowledge of IoT industry and development of platforms that support the deployment of machine learning models at the edge on hardware devices
  • Proven record of working on challenging and cutting-edge projects from early stages and vision to transform high level requirements into a working prototype application

We Offer

  • Professional team and the environment to learn cutting-edge technologies and best industry practices
  • Competitive salary depending on the relevant work experience and the technical interview
  • Flexible schedule and remote work possibilities
  • Opportunities to pick and work on a wide variety of tasks
  • Dynamic fast-growing technology company focusing on building a product that will transform the retail experience

Locations

Tout Audio is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and has offices in Washington DC and an R&D team in Ukraine.