Position: Senior Backend Engineer
Company: Synthesia
Category: Python
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Hey there, hope you're having a fab day 👋

Few important things first: we pay very well (salary + stock options) + we try to be super quick and responsive in the hiring process.

Synthesia is the global leader in synthetic media. Our vision is to build the first fully programmable video generation platform and help everyone transform non-video content into video.

Synthesia is already working with some of the world’s biggest companies and celebrities such as David Beckham and Lionel Messi, BBC, EY, Facebook, McDonalds, Amazon and WPP.

Our Messi campaign collaboration also received a Cannes Lion Award in 2021 and we’ve raised more than $16M so far from names like Mark Cuban, First Mark Capital, Seedcamp and more.

**About the Position**

In this position you'll join our small and extremely talented product team that is building the future of programmable video. Our team is working on the core product, Synthesia STUDIO, the world’s leading AI video generation platform for businesses.

You'll have a chance to work on scaling our current, fast-growing product and shape some of the next products in our pipeline. This will be a dream job for you if you enjoy deep, uninterrupted work. Some of the projects our backend engineers work on include building out a custom video/audio rendering pipeline, implementing real time collaboration, optimizing video delivery/streaming, solving scaling problems, etc. Our tech stack is: Python, C++, React, node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS.

💡Important to know: We have a fast yet non-hacky development style. We work strictly with product managers who have a technical background. As a result, we do not overwhelm engineers with unrealistic expectations/requirements, and we can therefore move forward much faster. 

**Requirements**
- 4+ years of experience working as a software engineer (preferably in a SaaS startup)
- Strong CS fundamentals and experience building and scaling distributed systems
- Extensive experience with database technologies - in particular PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Extensive experience developing and operating services running on Linux and cloud infrastructure (we're on AWS)
- Good level of spoken and written English.

**Benefits**
- Salary range: 60,000-100,000€ / year
- Stock Option Plan
- Flexible Work From Home Policy
- No crazy hours - we work efficiently during normal hours and try to eliminate wasteful meetings
- Team Retreats

Why now is a really exciting time to join Synthesia?
- Synthesia is the world’s leader in synthetic AI video generation working with some of the world’s biggest corporate and media brands
- We have crazy user traction with our first self-service product for businesses in just a year since the unveiling
- We have a very high NPS of 61 and growing
- We are launching new super exciting products in 2021 and 2022
- You can read our customer reviews on G2; currently ranked 4.8/5

🚀 We are still a very small team of 55 people. Join the rocketship while it's taking off.