Twelve Labs

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

San Francisco, California, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should have at least 5 years of backend engineering experience with a proven track record of designing and delivering scalable web services and APIs. Advanced proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs adhering to OpenAPI specifications is required, along with experience in modern frameworks such as Go's Gin or Echo, Spring Boot, or similar. Deep expertise in service-oriented architecture, microservices, and distributed systems is necessary, as well as strong knowledge of scalable database design.

Responsibilities

The Senior Product Backend Engineer will design and implement scalable RESTful APIs that power features like video search, generation, and embedding, integrated with model inference pipelines. They will architect high-throughput, service-oriented backend systems to support enterprise-grade SaaS solutions, optimizing for performance and reliability of distributed systems processing large-scale video data. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to deliver end-to-end video solutions, while applying video-specific technologies to enhance product capabilities.

Skills

RESTful APIs
OpenAPI
AWS
GCP
Azure
Video Encoding
Video Transcoding
Video Streaming
Metadata Extraction
Scalable Systems
Distributed Systems
Service-Oriented Architecture

Twelve Labs

AI system for video content understanding

About Twelve Labs

Twelve Labs focuses on artificial intelligence and video understanding by developing a system that analyzes videos to extract key features like actions, objects, and speech. This information is transformed into vector representations, enabling fast semantic search within large video datasets. The company differentiates itself by providing a platform that is faster and more effective than many existing models, allowing developers and product managers to easily integrate its technology through an API. Twelve Labs aims to make all videos searchable, enhancing the way businesses utilize video content.

Key Metrics

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$104.2MTotal Funding
EARLY_VCCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, AI & Machine Learning, EducationIndustries
51-200Employees

Risks

Increased competition from emerging AI startups in video understanding.
Rapid AI advancements require continuous innovation, straining resources.
Potential over-reliance on key investors like SK Telecom and Databricks.

Differentiation

Twelve Labs offers a comprehensive AI system for multimodal video understanding.
Their technology transforms video content into vector representations for fast semantic search.
The platform's API allows easy integration into clients' systems with minimal effort.

Upsides

Growing demand for AI-driven video analytics in education, healthcare, and security sectors.
Recent $30 million funding enhances technology development and strategic partnerships.
Collaboration with cloud providers boosts scalability and efficiency of video processing.

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