Mirage
AI-native video platform
SoftwareEngineer,Backend
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“Software Engineer, Backend at Mirage. Skills: Backend systems, APIs, Data pipelines, Generative AI models. Design, build, and own backend systems. Solve complex technical challenges”
What You'll Achieve.
Unlock new product experiences; Continuously improve system and product quality
Industry & Context.
Problem solving fundamentals; Complex technical problems
Be in-person at our NYC HQ
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2+ years of professional industry experience, A track record of shipping high‑impact systems and/or products in production, Exceptional problem solving fundamentals and ability to learn, Excellent engineering taste combined with a sense of practicality and time-management, Able to operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end
Nice to Have
You have worked extensively with LLMs, generative media models, and have a pulse on where the technology is going, You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win, You have been a startup founder or an early engineer at one
What You'll Do.
and own backend systems
Solve complex technical challenges
Integrate and operate large generative AI models
and iterate in production
Design and operate core platform infrastructure
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering closely with product, design, client, and AI teams; Collaborative
Process & Methodology
Scope and deliver projects end-to-end
Full Job Description
Mirage is an AI-native video platform that intelligently orchestrates production and editing through natural language. Our models leverage contextual awareness to execute the same creative decisions a professional editor would — dramatically improving productivity for experienced teams, while making video creation accessible to anyone. We’re an interdisciplinary team addressing some of the most difficult technical and creative challenges in generative media. As an early member of our team, you’ll tackle foundational problems that remain largely unsolved across the industry, driving an outsized impact on the future of creative expression. More about us Product https://mirage.app/captions (Captions by Mirage) Research https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08279 (Seeing Voices, technical-white-paper) Updates https://x.com/trymirage (Mirage on X / twitter) TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/mirage-raises-75m-to-continue-building-models-for-its-ai-video-editing-app-captions/, Forbes AI 50 https://www.forbes.com/companies/captions/?list=ai50, Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/91270234/video-most-innovative-companies-fast-company-2025-youtube-roku-tubi-vimeo-captions-descript-cour-procreate-synthesia-beeble (press) Our Investors We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more. Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square) About the role Backend engineering at Mirage isn’t narrowly defined. We work across product, platform, and machine learning—building the systems, services, APIs, and ML pipelines that power all of our product surfaces. You’ll own critical backend systems end-to-end, partnering closely with
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