Full-Stack Engineer with Python and JavaScript

About Hedra

Hedra is a pioneering video foundation model company founded by former Stanford PhDs and backed by top investors at Index, A16Z Games, and Abstract Ventures. We are building a unified creation studio that empowers users to generate dialogue, audio, and video, effectively automating their digital presence. Our flagship product, Character-1, launched in late June and has already garnered national attention, landing us on the top of Reddit and Twitter, while attracting over 450,000 registered users and generating millions of videos. We raised 10 million dollars in our seed round to revolutionize content creation.

Job Summary

As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will design, build, and deploy the frontend and backend services that power our transformative products, including Studio and Stylize. You will work with emerging web standards to build web-based video and audio creation/editing tools, utilizing Webcodecs, web-assembly, and FFMPEG. You will also work with frameworks/languages such as NextJS, React, Redux, Mobx, Typescript, and Javascript, and work with video container formats and streaming protocols, such as MP4, MKV, HLS, and MP-DASH.

You will also work on building and deploying backend services and APIs, write secure, stable, and scalable Python code, interface with our ground-breaking foundation model, and integrate with SQS, Kafka, S3, and DynamoDB to implement event streaming/processing logic.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop frontend and backend services for video and audio creation tools.
• Utilize Webcodecs, web-assembly, and FFMPEG for web-based video/audio tools.
• Work with NextJS, React, Redux, Mobx, Typescript, and Javascript.
• Handle video container formats and streaming protocols like MP4, MKV, HLS, and MP-DASH.
• Develop and deploy backend services and APIs using Python.
• Integrate with AWS services like SQS, Kafka, S3, and DynamoDB.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to build disruptive technology.

Experience

• Proficiency in Typescript, Javascript, React, and NextJS.
• Experience developing scalable services using Python.
• Familiarity with authentication/authorization such as OAuth2 and OIDC.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL datastores (e.g., DynamoDB).
• Experience writing unit and integration tests, working with CI/CD, and using tools like Playwright.
• Familiarity with audio/video web standards and tools, such as WebRTC, HLS, MP-DASH, MP4, and MKV.
• Experience building and scaling cloud-based infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes and EKS.
• Experience developing/scaling pipelines, event streaming/processing in AWS, using tools such as SQS or Kafka.
• Startup experience is a must.

Personality

• Self-motivated and independent.
• Strong communication skills.
• Mission-driven and passionate about building disruptive technology.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity.
• 401k.
• Healthcare (Silver PPO Medical, Vision, Dental).
• Gym access.

Location

This position is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires on-site work.

About the Founders

Michael Lingelbach (CEO) and Alex Bergman (Chief Scientist) are former Stanford PhDs with significant contributions to computer science and machine learning research. They are passionate about building tools that are intuitive for creatives and are committed to revolutionizing content creation.