Senior Full Stack Engineer

Synthesia; London; Remote; GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI video communication platform in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to their innovative client application and drive project ownership. The role requires substantial experience in software engineering, ideally with a background in enterprise-grade SaaS products. You will collaborate closely with product teams and have the opportunity to shape product direction, all while enjoying a supportive, high-performing environment.

Benefits

Stock option plan

25 days of leave + local holidays

Qualifications

• You have experience in a high-performing engineering team.
• Experience with enterprise-grade SaaS products is preferred.
• Strong alignment with commercial success.

Responsibilities

• You will manage the client application written in React.
• Ownership of long-term projects requiring iterative delivery.
• Direct collaboration with product managers on commercial problems.

Skills

Software Engineering

Client-side Development

Server-side Development

Database Optimization

Team Leadership

Education

7 years minimum as Software Engineer

3 years in Senior/Lead Level

Job description

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 at work. If 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 as the fastest growing company in the world. Today, we're at a $2.1bn valuation and we recently raised our Series D. This brings our total funding to over $330M from top-tier investors, including Accel, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, Google and top founders and operators including Stripe, Datadog, Miro, Webflow, and Facebook.
What you'll do at Synthesia:

• You will work end-to-end, contributing to our client application written in React and our monolithic backend written in Python, and managing the safe release of your features to our customer base.
• You will have sole ownership of projects that span months, requiring you to have the ability to break a problem down into small steps that can be delivered and validated iteratively.
• You will work directly with the product manager responsible for your project, meaning that you will be expected to ideate and focus on the commercial problem that you're solving, and you will have the opportunity to shape the direction of the product.
• You will evaluate your own work, leveraging our data pipeline and frameworks that we have established to understand the impact your features have on our commercial objectives and pivoting where necessary.
• You will consider the long-term direction of the team, making sure that we are developing the engineering capabilities that will allow us to stay ahead of the challenges we are likely to encounter in 6-12 months' time.

What we're looking for:

• At least seven (7) years of experience as a software engineer, at least 3 on the senior/lead level.
• You have experience in a high-performing engineering team that is operating at scale. This could come from a scale-up environment or a more established organization recognised for building and shipping with a great engineering culture.
• An ability to work across the stack, from implementing complex UI interactions to optimizing database queries.
• Deep knowledge in parts of the stack, whether it be client or server-side.
• Relevant engineering experience for a team building an enterprise-grade SaaS product delivering AI-powered video generation; billing systems, experimentation platforms, video delivery systems, online editors, real-time collaboration and so on.
• Strong alignment with commercial success.
• Previous leadership experience of smaller teams is a plus.

Why join us?

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

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.

Serving 50,000+ customers (and 50% of the Fortune 500)

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.
Proprietary AI technology

Since 2017, we've been pioneering 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

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

The hiring process:

1. 30min call with our technical recruiter
2. 30min call with engineers about your past projects
3. Take-home assignment (no alternative is offered) - does not have a deadline and it is syntax agnostic
4. 60min technical discussion
5. 30min call with leadership

The process does not need to take long - we can be done in seven working days.

Other important info:

• This is a remote role from an EU country, UK or Switzerland.
• The salary starts at EUR/GDP/CHF 100.000 base + stock option plan.
• This is full-time employment only - no contractors possible - usually through OysterHR.
• Everyone at Synthesia gets 25 days of leave + local holidays (no extra paid or unpaid leave possible).
• We only sponsor VISA if you are in the UK/EU country already and need support - we do not relocate people.