Captions is looking to evolve its foundational infrastructure to support a global user base and enable rapid feature development for its AI video creation products.
Requirements
- 7+ years of industry experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in a production environment.
- Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency, etc.) and proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., Python, C++, Java, Rust).
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructures (GCP, AWS, Azure, or others) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
- You will design, implement, and optimize large-scale distributed systems capable of handling enormous throughput and concurrency.
- You’ll collaborate closely with product teams to make sure our platform is not just operationally sound, but also enables rapid feature development and deployment across multiple surfaces (mobile, web, and beyond).
- You’ll have visibility into our advanced video processing workflows and AI research efforts, contributing to the core building blocks that make these cutting-edge initiatives possible.
- You’ll bring new ideas and approaches to the table, stay ahead of industry trends, and help guide our platform roadmap and best practices.
- Continuously refine our existing platform, identify new technologies or methodologies that can enhance our infrastructure, and guide their adoption within the organization.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (product, web, mobile, ML research) to address scale, performance, and security challenges.
Other
- all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square)
- This person will have an opportunity to help creators around the world tell their stories with audio, video, and beyond.
