Software Engineer, LiveAvatar

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.

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The Opportunity

Were seeking an experienced and passionate software engineer to collaborate with founders closely to drive our most high potential innovation - LiveAvatar- the visual interface of realtime AI solutions powered by the most cutting-edge AI from HeyGen that is revolutionizing various use cases including online education learning and development customer support sales and so on.

As one of the founding engineers you will start from going to customers and partners with founders and solving technical challenges with product engineering infra and research teams to planning and delivering a world class product experience and setting the standard for the next generation of softwares.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Product Strategy & Technical Execution : Partner directly with founders to translate deep customer insights into high-impact technical solutions that accelerate business growth.
• Architect Real-Time AI Experiences : Lead cross-functional collaboration with research and infra teams to build cutting-edge interactive next-gen avatar experiences and low-latency streaming features.
• Own Core Backend & Scalability : Take full ownership of mission-critical backend systems shaping the architecture to ensure high availability performance and seamless vendor integrations.
• Optimize Developer & Buyer Journeys : Design and refine essential platform features including API integrations team access controls and pricing / credit systems to enhance the end-to-end user experience.
• Ensure System Reliability & Excellence : Rapidly master the full tech stack to triage complex issues ensuring a stable high-performance environment across all production surfaces.

Qualifications

Bonus

Why Join Us

Base Salary Range

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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 part of our total rewards package HeyGen offers internal equity 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!

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,Data Structures,JavaScript,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 190000 - 250000