Software Engineer - Full Stack, AI

JobTitle: Software Engineer

Location: Hybrid Tuesday - Thursday/weekly (Westlake Village Corporate HQ)

Reports to: Director of Innovation

About the Role:

We'rehiring a Full Stack Software Engineer to help build and evolve enterprise-scale, customer-facing applications with rich, session-managed user experiences. This role spans frontend and backend systems, focusing on reliability, correctness, performance, and maintainability in complex, stateful workflows.

You'llcontribute to platforms that incorporate AI-assisted capabilities such as search, personalization, and intelligent assistants, helping users navigate, discover, and interact with sophisticated application experiences. This is a hands-on engineering role with meaningful ownership and long-term impact.

WhatYou'llDo:

• Design, build, andmaintainfull-stack applications usingTypeScript

• Develop and supportsession-managed, customer-facing experienceswith complex state and workflows

• Build backend services and APIs usingNode.jsand frameworks such asNestJS

• Implement modern frontend experiences usingReactorNext.js

• IntegrateAI-assisted features(e.g., search, recommendations, assistants) into frontend and backend systems

• Build andmaintainsearch functionality usingOpenSearchorElasticsearch

• Work withvector or semantic search pipelinesto improve relevance and discovery

• Ensuredata consistency, session integrity, and performanceacross distributed systems

• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code aligned with engineering best practices

• Debug and resolve issues across client, server, and production environments

• Collaborate closely with product, design, and data teams to deliver intuitive, reliable experiences

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to shared engineering standards and practices

WhatYou'llBring:

Required Experience & Skills

• 3+ years of professional software development experience

• Strong experience withTypeScripton the frontend and/or backend

• Experience building backend services withNode.js(NestJSor Express)

• Experience developing customer-facing applications withcomplex UI state or session management

• Solid understanding ofAPIs, service integration, and distributed data flows

• Hands-on experience integratingthird-party services or AI-powered APIs

• Familiarity withOpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or similar search platforms

• Exposure tovector databases or semantic search concepts

• Experience with modern frontend frameworks such asReact or Next.js

• Working knowledge ofSQL and/or NoSQL databases

• Ability to collaborate effectively within an enterprise engineering environment

Nice to Have

• Experience working onlarge-scale enterprise applicationswith long-lived user sessions

• Experience contributing tosystem or architectural design decisions

• Experience withagent-based or workflow-driven AI systems(e.g.,LangGraphor similar)

• Experience tuningsearch relevance, ranking, or retrieval strategies

• Experience combiningkeyword search with vector-based semantic search

• Experience withAI prompt design, evaluation, or observability

• Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading small technical initiatives

Pay Rate: $150,000 - $170,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.This position is not eligible for participation in the Guitar Center Company bonus program.Actual compensation may vary based on experience, education, and other factors. Pay ranges are providedin accordance withstate laws and may differ by location.

About Guitar Center:At Guitar Center, we live and breathe creativity, collaboration, and the power of music. Our mission is to inspire and equip musicians and music lovers to find their sound and share it with the world. Whether in our stores, contact centers, distribution hubs, or corporate offices, our team is united in one goal: to fill the world with more music.

Join Us

• Become part of the world's largest multichannel musical instrument retailer.

• Work within a collaborative, high-impact finance organization that drives innovation and transformation.

• Grow your career in an environment that values creativity, integrity, and passion.

Guitar Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on valid job-related criteria and are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation to apply for or perform this job, please contactrecruiting@guitarcenter.com.