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HeyGen aims to make visual storytelling accessible to all by building technology that equips more people with the power to reach, captivate, and inspire audiences, addressing the cost and scalability challenges of creating video content.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience, with a proven track record of delivering production systems at scale.
• Deep expertise in backend development using languages such as Node.js, Python, or Go, and strong experience building on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar).
• Solid understanding of real-time systems, including WebRTC, streaming architectures, and low-latency APIs.
• Experience deploying AI-powered models into production environments, especially in areas such as speech, vision, or conversational AI.
• Proven experience building and scaling real-time interactive systems such as voice/video chat, live customer support platforms, or virtual agents.
• Prior experience with avatars, virtual assistants, or generative media technologies.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini, and prompt orchestration pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Help shape the architecture and infrastructure to support scalability, low latency, and high availability as the product grows.
• Take full ownership of core backend systems and vendor integrations, driving performance and reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with GTM, infra, and research teams to build real-time, interactive AI experiences that push the boundaries of what’s possible.
• Rapidly gain proficiency in the full tech stack, from backend systems to real-time streaming and frontend surfaces.
• Translate customer needs into technical solutions that move the business forward.
• Triage and resolve complex technical issues across the stack, ensuring stability and a seamless user experience.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve our technology and development processes, contributing ideas and solutions.

Other

• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, comfortable working across diverse teams including frontend, infrastructure, research, sales, and customer success.
• A self-starter with a growth mindset—motivated to take ownership, solve hard problems, and grow into a leadership role over time.
• Startup founder or early-stage builder mindset—hungry to win, scrappy, and deeply motivated by urgency and impact.
• Work with founders directly for massive impact
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits.