Full Stack Engineer

Job Description

We're Building the Future of Filmmaking (And We Need You) Our Story Remember when Photoshop democratized graphic design? When Final Cut Pro put editing studios on laptops? When Instagram turned everyone into a photographer? We're doing the same for filmmaking!!!! Not by giving people better cameras. By giving them an AI film studio that thinks like a director, works like a crew, and ships like software. What We've Already Built We've shipped real commercials for global brands - Films that look like $200K traditional shoots, made in days for a fraction of the cost. Here's the problem : Our process works, but it's held together by human orchestration. One filmmaker manually coordinates Runway, Midjourney, Magnific, Photoshop ? like conducting an orchestra where every musician speaks a different language. We've proven AI filmmaking can be cinematic. Now we're building the operating system that makes it scalable. What Makes This Different This Isn't Another SaaS Tool We're not building project management software or a CRM. We're building a creative instrument ? something filmmakers will use to make art. Every line of code you write will show up in actual films. Every optimization you make will help a brand tell their story. Every bug you fix will unlock someone's creative vision. You'll Work With Filmmakers, Not Just Engineers Our team includes people who've shot commercials, directed productions, and understand cinematography. You're not building to specs written by product managers who've never used the product. You're building shoulder-to-shoulder with the users. The Tech Stack Is Genuinely Interesting Generative AI APIs (Runway, Veo, Kling) at production scale Real-time image processing and video generation Computer vision for consistency checking Semantic understanding of creative feedback A "prompt memory" system that learns from every project This isn't CRUD. This is AI at the bleeding edge. Your Work Will Compound Every frame you help generate trains the system. Every feedback loop you build makes the next film better. You're not shipping features. You're building a brain that gets smarter. What You'll Build The backbone of the entire system. You'll architect and build: Image processing pipeline : Parse Look & Feel uploads, extract visual rules (color palettes, lighting styles) Generation engine : Orchestrate Runway API calls for batch storyboard generation (30 frames, fully managed) Job queue system : Handle concurrent projects, retries, rate limits, cost tracking Storage architecture : TB-scale asset management (generated images, project files) Feedback system : Interpret filmmaker notes ? regenerate specific frames Prompt memory database : Store every approved generation for reuse and learning Plus : You're also handling deployment, monitoring, and keeping costs under control. You're Probably a Fit If You: Have 3+ years shipping production web applications (not just side projects) Can make architectural decisions independently (Postgres vs Mongo? You choose and move on) Have worked with AI/ML APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Runway, Replicate, or similar) Are comfortable owning backend + infrastructure (because you're the only one) Have experience with async job processing and managing external API costs Care about creative tools (you've used Figma, Premiere, or similar ? you get the UX bar) Are pragmatic over perfect ("ship now, refactor later" is your default) Technical Background We're Looking For: Strong in Python (FastAPI/Flask) or Node.js (Express) Experience with PostgreSQL or MongoDB Know your way around AWS/GCP (S3, compute, databases) Have worked with REST APIs and webhooks for async operations Comfortable with Docker and basic DevOps You're NOT a Fit If You: Need detailed specs before starting Want someone senior to guide every decision Think infrastructure is "someone else's problem" Have never touched a generative AI API Need process and structure to be productive What Makes This Exciting Real users from day 1 : Professional filmmakers will use what you build Cutting-edge tech : Production-scale generative AI, not CRUD apps Ownership : You're the tech lead because you're the tech team Learning : You'll become an expert in creative AI systems Equity that matters : Early employee at a company solving a real problem What We Offer Competitive Compensation Market-rate salary for your experience level Meaningful equity You're employee #4-6, not #400 Real Impact, Immediately Your code ships to production in 4 weeks Your work appears in real commercials for global brands No 18-month roadmaps or features that never launch Mission That Matters You're not building another SaaS dashboard You're democratizing filmmaking ? giving millions of people creative superpowers This is the rare engineering job where art meets code Founding Team Position Work directly with users (professional filmmakers) Make product decisions, not just implement specs No bureaucracy , no middle managers, no politics Cutting-Edge Learning Production-scale generative AI (Runway, Veo, Kling at volume) Creative systems design (how do you build software that feels like collaborating with a film crew?) Prompt engineering as craft (the new fundamental skill)