Tech Lead, AI Video Agent
Tech Lead, AI Video Agent
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$ 220000 - 300000
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About HeyGen
At HeyGen our mission is to make visual storytelling accessible to all. Over the last decade visual content has become the preferred method of information creation consumption and retention. But the ability to create such content in particular videos continues to be costly and challenging to scale. Our ambition is to build technology that equips more people with the power to reach captivate and inspire audiences.
Learn more at. Visit our Mission and Culture doc here.
The opportunity
This Tech Lead AI Video Agent role is ideal for someone with deep expertise in large-scale system optimization ranking/search infrastructure and real-time quality tuning. Youll lead the development of our AI agent system for video generation - an intelligent assistant powered by large language models (LLMs) and multi-modal understanding enabling users to create videos through natural interaction and automation.
Key Responsibilities
- System Architecture & Optimization: Design and scale end-to-end systems that power intelligent video agents with a focus on search ranking ads optimization and personalized content delivery.
- ML & LLM Integration: Work closely with research teams to deploy and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) and multimodal AI systems. Integrate these models into production pipelines for reasoning planning and content generation tasks.
- Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers specializing in infrastructure ML systems and product development. Foster a high-performance and collaborative engineering culture.
- AI Agent Development: Drive the development of AI agents capable of planning reasoning and executing video creation tasks through prompt orchestration tool use and feedback loops.
- Infrastructure & Quality Engineering: Build robust backend services optimized for inference speed system reliability and content quality including real-time evaluation and feedback mechanisms.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with AI researchers designers and product managers to transform cutting-edge models into user-facing product features.
Qualifications
- 7 years of engineering experience including 2 years in a technical leadership or managerial role.
- Proven experience building and optimizing large-scale systems in areas such as ads ranking search or recommendation engines.
- Strong background in machine learning system design including experience deploying and scaling LLMs or generative models in production.
- Familiarity with modern LLMs (e.g. GPT Claude PaLM) multimodal models (e.g. Flamingo Gemini LLaVA) and open-source frameworks like LangChain LlamaIndex or similar agentic toolkits.
- Excellent programming and architectural design skills; experience with backend technologies such as Python Go or C is preferred.
- Experience building infrastructure for real-time systems with an emphasis on performance observability and scalability.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to translate research innovation into production-ready systems.
What HeyGen Offers
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Dynamic and inclusive work environment focused on innovation and creativity.
- Opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.
- A fast-paced impact-driven culture with direct access to cutting-edge AI applications.
- Access to advanced tools compute infrastructure and cross-disciplinary talent.
Base Salary Range
$220000 to $300000 annually; Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. HeyGen considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position candidates work experience education/training key skills and internal equity as well as location market and business considerations when extending an offer. As part of our total rewards package HeyGen offers comprehensive benefits including a 401k plan health benefits generous PTO a parental leave program and emotional health resources.
HeyGen is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Join us at HeyGen and be part of a team thats reshaping the world of video creation through innovative technology!
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Employment Type
Full-Time
