Kapwing

Senior AI Product Engineer (SF)

San Francisco, California · Senior

Work authorization required$180k-$225kDetected 510 days ago

TypeScriptPythonReactReduxNode.jsFull-Stack DevelopmentMachine LearningLLMsCypressJestTest AutomationVideo Production

About the role

In doing so, we enable everyone to share their story online.
Kapwing has two products: - Kapwing AI: A prompt-first AI editing companion that helps creators refine visual content.

Define, build, and launch full-stack features (React, Node, and Python) for one of the world's most popular cloud-based video editors.
Design, test, and implement LLM powered pipelines to automate away tedious parts of visual design and video editing.
Investigate and prototype new technologies and build applications on top of ML-powered APIs
Implement new features and improvements to Kapwing's Studio and other core products. Partner with product and growth to reach new creators and sell to creative enterprises.
Implement new features and improvements to Kapwing's Studio and other core products.
Partner with product and growth to reach new creators and sell to creative enterprises.

5+ years of production-level software engineering experience in a modern web stack
2+ years of experience building on top of LLMs
Familiarity modifying files with LLM tool calling
Must have the ability to put the product needs first Scrappy: Define and quickly execute on MVPs to test out product hypotheses.

There's a lot we wish we could do but don't have time for.
Must have the ability to put the product's needs first.
[Preferred] Interest in or experience with video engineering (processing, uploads, FFMPEG, visual recognition, etc)
Work authorization in the USA for 4+ years without sponsorship

An online video editor that is collaborative, powerful, and easy to use.
Millions of creators every month choose Kapwing to tell their story and bring their ideas to life.
Kapwing turns video editing, traditionally a heavyweight, time consuming workflow, into a joyful, collaborative experience.
Join us on our journey to democratize creative tools and invent the future stack of video creation.

Instead of learning complex design software, users can chat with Kai to explore content ideas instantly in the browser.

Kapwing is building the next generation prompt-to-edit platform for video creators.
Our mission is to make content creation fast, accessible, and collaborative.
Excited about joining a small team and contributing across all areas of the company
Theres a lot we wish we could do but don't have time for.
Excited about joining a small, high-growth team and contributing across all areas of the company Passion for serving creative professionals and interest in media.
Our product is fun and we have you to have fun building it too!

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