[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Backend at Twelve Labs

The salary range is $170K - $190K.

This is a hybrid role based at the San Francisco headquarters, with remote work available for candidates currently residing in California or Washington State. Remote employees will need to travel to the office for team meetups or other events as needed.

Candidates need 10+ years of backend engineering experience with a proven track record in scalable web services and APIs, advanced proficiency in designing RESTful APIs adhering to OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, expertise in architecting high-throughput service-oriented systems using cloud-native tools like AWS, GCP, or Azure, and experience with video technologies such as encoding, transcoding, streaming, and metadata extraction.

Twelve Labs is a global company that values the uniqueness of each person’s journey and the differences in cultural, educational, and life experiences to challenge the status quo. They seek individuals motivated by the mission to revolutionize video understanding and multimodal AI in a dynamic startup environment.

A strong candidate has 10+ years of backend engineering experience, advanced API design skills with OpenAPI/Swagger, proven ability to build scalable systems with cloud tools, and familiarity with video technologies, along with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams in a dynamic startup.