Synthesia
AI video platform
Principal/StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Principal/Staff Software Engineer at Synthesia. Skills: Core enterprise platform systems, Scalable technical solutions, Reliable, scalable systems. Work on core enterprise platform systems. Focusing on services that ensure Synthesia is secure, reliable, and scalable for our largest customers”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure Synthesia is secure, reliable, and scalable for our largest customers; Unlock our market leading Avatar technology to be utilised by external creative tools; Increase our speed of development; Automate repetitive tasks; Widen the scope of what the team can worked on; Deliver and validated iteratively; Ensure systems meet performance, reliability, and compliance expectations; Support future scale, enterprise requirements, and evolving regulatory needs
Industry & Context.
Break down complex, ambiguous problems into clear steps
VISA sponsorship if you are in the US already and need support
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
At least seven (7) years of experience as a software engineer, with experience operating at a senior or staff level., Experience building and operating systems at scale, ideally within platform or enterprise-focused teams., Expertise in development and system design., Relevant engineering experience for teams building enterprise-grade this may include areas such as security, compliance, data handling, access control, multi-tenant systems, or platform services., Experience owning systems in production, including observability, incident response, and reliability improvements., Ability to work across teams and functions, aligning with stakeholders and driving technical initiatives end-to-end., Alignment with building reliable, scalable systems that support long-term product and business goals.
Nice to Have
Experience across the stack is a plus, Previous experience leading projects or mentoring other engineers is a plus.
What You'll Do.
Work on core enterprise platform systems
Focusing on services that ensure Synthesia is secure
and scalable for our largest customers
Contribute to our new suite of APIs that will unlock our market leading Avatar technology to be utilised by external creative tools
Increase our speed of development
Automate repetitive tasks
Widen the scope of what the team can worked on
Ownership of projects that months and multiple teams
ambiguous problems into clear steps that can be delivered and validated iteratively
Contribute heavily to product discussions
Build with both user and business considerations in mind
Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions
Evaluate your work through system health and reliability metrics
Leveraging observability and monitoring to ensure systems meet performance
and compliance expectations
Consider the long-term direction of the platform
Ensuring that the systems we build today can support future scale
enterprise requirements
and evolving regulatory needs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work across teams and functions; Aligning with stakeholders; Driving technical initiatives end-to-end; Work closely with product, security, legal, and infrastructure partners; Collaboration
Communication Scope
Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions
Process & Methodology
Ownership of projects that months and multiple teams, Break down complex, ambiguous problems into clear steps that can be delivered and validated iteratively, Driving technical initiatives end-to-end
Full Job Description
Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations. Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow. About the role You will work on core enterprise platform systems, focusing on services that ensure Synthesia is secure, reliable, and scalable for our largest customers. You will contribute to our new suite of APIs that will unlock our market leading Avatar technology to be utilised by external creative tools. We are an AI native company and use the most powerful assistant tools on a daily basis to increase our speed of development, automate repetitive tasks and widen the scope of what the team can worked on. This includes Claude and Cursor. You will have ownership of projects that span months and multiple teams, requiring you to break down complex, ambiguous problems into clear steps that can be delivered and validated iteratively. Engineers within Synthesia are empowered to contribute heavily to product discussions and build with both user and business considerations in mind. Impact is key to everything we do here. You will work closely with product, security, legal, and infrastructure partners, and will be expected to translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions. You will evaluate your work through system health and reliability metrics, leveraging observability and monitori
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