Hedra
Backend Engineer
Hedra, New York, New York, us, 10261
About Hedra:
Hedra is a pioneering video foundation model company founded by former Stanford PhDs and backed by top investors at Index, A16Z, and Abstract Ventures. We're building a full-stack creation studio capable of control, emotion, and creative intelligence.We raised 10 million dollars in our seed round to revolutionize content creation. Our flagship product, the Character foundation model, launched in late June and garnered
national attention , landing us on the top of Reddit (multiple times!) and Twitter. In early October we released
Character-2 , which has already produced highly creative and viral
content .Note: At Hedra, we’re a team of hard-working, passionate individuals seeking to fundamentally change content and build a generational company together. You should have start-up experience and be a self-starter that is driven to build impactful products that change the status quo. You must be willing to work in-person in either NYC or SF.Summary:
As a Backend Engineer, you will design, build, and deploy the backend services that power our transformative products, including
Create ,
Stylize , and
Studio . You will work with web and video standards to power our suite of web-based video creation/editing tools, dive deep into video container formats and streaming protocols, and work with tools such as FFMPEG.You will build and deploy backend services and APIs to our Kubernetes infrastructure, write secure, stable, and scalable Python code, interface with our foundation models, and integrate with SQS, Kafka, S3, and DynamoDB to implement event streaming/processing logic.You will work with passionate engineers and top researchers to build a truly disruptive and novel technology. We’re looking for full-time hires for our New York or San Francisco offices.Experience:
Experience developing scalable services using PythonExperience developing RESTFUL APIs using frameworks such as FastAPI and PydanticFamiliarity with authentication/authorization, utilizing standards such as oauth2, OIDC, and JWTExperience working with relational and noSQL datastores (such as DynamoDB)Experience writing unit and integration tests and working with CI/CDExperience writing scalable, async, parallelizable codeExperience building and scaling cloud-based infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes and EKSFamiliarity with event streaming/processing in AWS, using tools such as SQSStartup Experience is a must — we work hard and build quickly. Ideal candidates should be passionate with an
always-on
attitude that drives them to live and breathe the product.Experience architecting and implementing REST APIs and supporting real-time messaging using websocketsExperience with k8s and dockerFamiliarity with audio/video web standards and tools, such as Webcodecs, webRTC, HLS, MP-DASH, FFMPEG, MP4, and MKV a plusAt least 3 years of professional Python or GolangPersonality:
Self-motivated and independent — able to set accurate timelines for development and deliver on them.Low ego, high patience, strong communication skills.Understand operational costs and overhead short and long term.Mission-driven — we are building something fundamentally disruptive and this reflects deeply in our company DNA.And most importantly, treat Hedra as your own and help shape the vision accordinglyBenefits:
Competitive compensation and equity.401k.Healthcare (Silver PPO Medical, Vision, Dental).Gym access.
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Hedra is a pioneering video foundation model company founded by former Stanford PhDs and backed by top investors at Index, A16Z, and Abstract Ventures. We're building a full-stack creation studio capable of control, emotion, and creative intelligence.We raised 10 million dollars in our seed round to revolutionize content creation. Our flagship product, the Character foundation model, launched in late June and garnered
national attention , landing us on the top of Reddit (multiple times!) and Twitter. In early October we released
Character-2 , which has already produced highly creative and viral
content .Note: At Hedra, we’re a team of hard-working, passionate individuals seeking to fundamentally change content and build a generational company together. You should have start-up experience and be a self-starter that is driven to build impactful products that change the status quo. You must be willing to work in-person in either NYC or SF.Summary:
As a Backend Engineer, you will design, build, and deploy the backend services that power our transformative products, including
Create ,
Stylize , and
Studio . You will work with web and video standards to power our suite of web-based video creation/editing tools, dive deep into video container formats and streaming protocols, and work with tools such as FFMPEG.You will build and deploy backend services and APIs to our Kubernetes infrastructure, write secure, stable, and scalable Python code, interface with our foundation models, and integrate with SQS, Kafka, S3, and DynamoDB to implement event streaming/processing logic.You will work with passionate engineers and top researchers to build a truly disruptive and novel technology. We’re looking for full-time hires for our New York or San Francisco offices.Experience:
Experience developing scalable services using PythonExperience developing RESTFUL APIs using frameworks such as FastAPI and PydanticFamiliarity with authentication/authorization, utilizing standards such as oauth2, OIDC, and JWTExperience working with relational and noSQL datastores (such as DynamoDB)Experience writing unit and integration tests and working with CI/CDExperience writing scalable, async, parallelizable codeExperience building and scaling cloud-based infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes and EKSFamiliarity with event streaming/processing in AWS, using tools such as SQSStartup Experience is a must — we work hard and build quickly. Ideal candidates should be passionate with an
always-on
attitude that drives them to live and breathe the product.Experience architecting and implementing REST APIs and supporting real-time messaging using websocketsExperience with k8s and dockerFamiliarity with audio/video web standards and tools, such as Webcodecs, webRTC, HLS, MP-DASH, FFMPEG, MP4, and MKV a plusAt least 3 years of professional Python or GolangPersonality:
Self-motivated and independent — able to set accurate timelines for development and deliver on them.Low ego, high patience, strong communication skills.Understand operational costs and overhead short and long term.Mission-driven — we are building something fundamentally disruptive and this reflects deeply in our company DNA.And most importantly, treat Hedra as your own and help shape the vision accordinglyBenefits:
Competitive compensation and equity.401k.Healthcare (Silver PPO Medical, Vision, Dental).Gym access.
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