Full-Stack Software Engineer @ Kapwing

Video editing is the final frontier of software tools moving to the cloud. We’re making the next generation of modern creator tools to enable everyone to share their story online. Join us at Kapwing on our mission to help marketing, communications, and media teams make more and better video content faster.

Everyone is a creator. The problem, however, is that today’s tools get in the way of expressing our creativity fully. Especially when it comes to video, the gap between an idea and a video is wide enough that it’s hard to even start.

Our mission at Kapwing is to empower digital storytellers and the creative teams they work within. Kapwing is a video creation hub that makes marketing and communications teams 10x faster in creating video content together. Millions of creators every month choose Kapwing to tell their story and bring their ideas to life.

Our vision is to build a modern, collaborative video editing platform that serves as the go-to tool for anyone creating video for work. Being in the browser allows us to turn video editing, a traditionally heavyweight, time consuming workflow, into a joyful, collaborative, and fully-featured experience. We believe that AI - generative AI and automations from the transcript -- can make storytelling easier, more fun, and more distributed across an organization.

While software is the core of our product, being creative is the core of our work. Every team at Kapwing, from engineering to content to customer success, values trying new things, moving quickly, and helping creators in new ways. Join us on our journey to democratize creative tools and invent the future stack of video creation.

We’re looking to hire a talented full-stack software engineer to join our Studio team. This engineer will build new creative applications with LLMs and generative AI to make video creation faster and easier. This position is a full-time role reporting to a Senior Engineering Manager at the Kapwing HQ in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

Define, build, and launch full-stack features (React, Node, and Python) for one of the world’s most popular cloud-based video editors.
Stay up-to-date on new AI technologies, including LLMs and generative models. Prototype and test new technologies to evaluate quality and improve performance.
Test new features, monitor releases, and mitigate risk.
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.
Create a culture of engineering excellence by refining our processes, documentation, onboarding and interviewing practices, tooling, and other cross-functional systems. Collaborate with, mentor, and teach other engineers on your area of expertise.

Requirements

2-6+ years of production-level software engineering experience in a modern web stack
Comfortable with React, Redux, Typescript, Node, automated testing (i.e. Cypress, Jest) and REST APIs
Experience prototyping and building new products from scratch. Can evaluate, configure, and incorporate new web technology
Can leverage monitoring systems like Sentry, Graylog, and Newrelic and navigate errors in a kubernetes environment
Scrappy: Define and quickly execute on MVPs to test out product hypotheses. Descopes problems to avoid getting lost in the weeds.
Entrepreneurial: Excited about joining a small, high-growth team and contributing across all areas of the company
No ego: 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)
[Preferred] Passion for serving creative professionals and interest in media
Work authorization in the USA for 4+ years without sponsorship

Our Values

Done is better than perfect: Trying new things quickly matters at Kapwing. We’ve always believed that the best way to learn is to try to put something out there, and then iterate and improve it over time.

Get better everyday: We strive for excellence and we value our craft of writing quality software. At work, we want to challenge ourselves to improve every day.

Have fun: We don’t take ourselves too seriously here at Kapwing. We’re a product that people use to make all sorts of silly memes.

Inclusion matters: We take pride in our diverse team and a safe and inclusive community at work. We’re a female-founded, female-led company. We actively make sure our office (virtual or not) is a safe space for everyone.

Speak up: Kapwing is a place where different stories and opinions are valued. We want kind debates, because we know that they will lead us to the best product.

Think original: We love change - and we never want to get stuck in one way of doing things. We embrace what’s relevant at any given time.

Benefits

Health: Kapwing offers competitive health, vision, and dental insurance for Kapwingers and dependents. We have multiple plans and providers to choose from.

Time off: We keep reasonable hours, and when it’s time to rest, we take that seriously. We offer flexible time off and ask our team to take 2-4 weeks off each year.

401(k): We help Kapwingers plan for retirement with a sponsored 401(k) program.

Free Lunch: Kapwingers order lunch together when working in the office and enjoy free snacks, soft drinks, and Friday boba.

Office: We have a gorgeous office space in SF with a private roof deck, exposed brick, and tons of live plants. For our New York City employees, we lease an office space in a lovely, light-filled coworking space in Bushwick.

Parental Leave: We offer paid time off for new parents to focus on the things that matter most.

Team Events: We have in-person team events in our downtown office including dinners, weekly happy hours, creative workshops, holiday parties, and more. Historically, we’ve also done hiking trips, ski trips, picnics, and neighborhood art crawls as a team.

Equipment: We’ll give you a new Mac laptop and help provide other office equipment that you need to do your best work.

Flexible hours: We have a hybrid work policy, with our SF and NYC office available 24/7 and required in-person attendance on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We also have flexible hours for balanced schedules that fit around employee constraints and preferences.

Hiring process

Our hiring process is designed for candidates to learn about our company just as much as it is for our team to learn about a candidate. Most candidates will start with a short intro phone call , and depending on the team, a sample project or skills-based interviews will be scheduled afterwards. For SF and NYC job seekers, we invite candidates onsite final interview to meet some of the team and see Kapwing’s office, or we do the "onsite" virtually if you prefer.

Throughout our interview process, we strive to have empathy, communication, and professionalism.

Our Company

Kapwing is a Series-A stage startup backed by top investors including CRV, Kleiner Perkins, Shasta Ventures, and Village Global. You can learn more about our company and the faces on our team by visiting our careers page, reading our popular blog, subscribing on YouTube, or following us on Instagram.

The positions that are currently open at Kapwing are constantly being updated. We also know that the best candidates don’t always fit into a role description. If you feel excited about joining us on our mission, please reach out to us with how we could be a good fit.

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