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Salary Range
$153,000 - $207,000 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join Twelve Labs and build the server-side infrastructure for our new agentic application layer. You will own the critical transition from prototype to production-ready platform in a high-impact team environment.
Key Responsibilities
- →Design and build backend services for video processing workflows including ingestion, transcoding, 4K export, metadata extraction, and timeline operations
- →Architect scalable, high-availability systems to support enterprise-grade video workloads across cloud-native infrastructure
- →Build and optimize APIs that power real-time and async frontend workflows
- →Own performance and reliability for distributed video processing pipelines
- →Integrate and run inference on computer vision models for video processing tasks
- →Deploy and serve ML models on cloud-based platforms
- →Work with research team to productionize model outputs into reliable backend services
- →Build pipelines that bridge foundation models with third-party CV models
Requirements
- ✓10+ years building production backend systems with a track record of designing scalable web services and APIs
- ✓Experience with video-specific tools and frameworks like FFmpeg and AWS Media Services
- ✓Deep experience with service-oriented architecture, microservices, and distributed systems
- ✓Strong proficiency in Python for backend services, model integration, and tooling
- ✓Hands-on experience running inference on ML/CV models in production
- ✓Cloud-native development experience with AWS or GCP, including containerization and serverless patterns
- ✓Comfort working across the stack and making pragmatic tradeoffs in a fast-moving product environment
Benefits
- ★Full health, dental, and vision benefits
- ★Extremely flexible PTO and parental leave policy
- ★Visa support where applicable
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