Software Engineer, Back End - Video Generation; Tech Lead Level Europe

Software Engineer, Back End - Video Generation (Tech Lead Level)

Europe

Welcome to the video first world
. From your everyday PowerPoint presentations to Hollywood movies, AI will transform the way we create and consume content. Today, people want to watch and listen, not read — both at home and  you’re reading this and nodding, check out our brand video . Despite the clear preference for video, communication and knowledge sharing in the business environment are still dominated by text, largely because high-quality video production remains complex and challenging to scale—until now.

Meet Synthesia
. We're on a mission to make video easy for everyone
. Born in an AI lab, our AI video communications platform simplifies the entire video production process, making it easy for everyone, regardless of skill level, to create, collaborate, and share high-quality videos. Whether it's for delivering essential training to employees and customers or marketing products and services, Synthesia enables large organizations to communicate and share knowledge through video quickly and efficiently.

We’re trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald’s and more. Read stories from happy customers and what 1,200+ people say on G2 . In February 2024, G2 named us the fastest growing company in the world. Today, we're at a $2.1bn valuation and recently raised our Series D, bringing our total funding to over $330M from top‑tier investors including Accel, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, Google, Stripe, Datadog, Miro, Webflow, and Facebook.

• This role sits within our Video Platform team, building out and maintaining critical infrastructure powering Synthesia's video generation capabilities.
• You will focus on improving the resilience and scalability of our video generation pipeline.
• You will build comprehensive monitoring and debugging tools for the video pipeline.
• You will have sole ownership of multi‑month projects, breaking problems into small, deliverable steps and iteratively validating them.
• You will evaluate your own work, leveraging our data pipeline and frameworks to understand the impact of your features on commercial objectives and pivoting where necessary.
• You will consider the long‑term direction of the team, ensuring we develop engineering capabilities to stay ahead of future challenges over the next 6–12 months.

• At least seven (7) years of experience as a software engineer, with at least 2 years at the lead level.
• Experience in a high‑performing engineering team operating at scale, such as a scale‑up or an established organisation with a strong engineering culture.
• Full‑stack knowledge with deep expertise in server‑side and back‑end technologies. Backend‑only experience is acceptable if you can occasionally assist with frontend work. We use Python on the backend and React on the frontend.
• Strong AWS experience.
• Platform engineering experience building internal platforms used by multiple teams.
• Alignment with commercial success.
• Previous leadership experience of smaller teams.

We’re living the golden age of AI. The next decade will yield iconic companies, and we dare say we have what it takes to become one. Here’s why:

At Synthesia we’re passionate about building, not talking, planning or politicising. We strive to hire the smartest, kindest and most unrelenting people and let them do their best work without distractions. Our work principles serve as our charter for how we make decisions, give feedback and structure our work to empower everyone to go as fast as possible.
You can find out more about these principles here.

Since 2017, we’ve pioneered advancements in Generative AI. Our AI technology is built in‑house by a team of world‑class AI researchers and engineers. Learn more about our AI Research Lab and the team behind.

AI safety, ethics, and security are fundamental to our mission. While the full scope of AI’s impact on society is still unfolding, our position is clear:
People first. Always. Learn more about our commitments to AI Ethics, Safety & Security.