Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

1 Minute ago • All levels • Frontend Development • $160,000 PA - $250,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Tavus is building the human layer of AI, aiming to make human-AI interaction as natural as face-to-face communication through pioneering multi-modal AI models and human avatar rendering. Their technology powers text-to-video AI avatars and real-time conversational video across various industries. Backed by top investors like Sequoia and Y Combinator, Tavus is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) to be a technical driver on their platform. This hands-on role primarily focuses on React development, with occasional backend work, requiring experience in building polished, high-performing web experiences from scratch.
Must have:
  • Own development and delivery of React platform features
  • Shape user interaction with AI models
  • Contribute across the full product stack
  • Expertise in frontend internals and user experience
  • Experience building consumer-facing products from scratch
  • Strong design and user experience taste
  • Ability to set direction, own decisions, and ship products
  • Thrive in autonomous, fast-moving startup environments
  • Clear communication and teaching abilities
Good to have:
  • Experience with React Native and mobile development
  • Exposure to LLMs, video, or AI/ML-powered products
  • Extensive Fullstack experience
Perks:
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Competitive healthcare
  • Gear stipends
  • Learning opportunities
  • Direct impact
  • Supportive team

Job Details

About Us

At Tavus, we're building the human layer of AI. Our mission is to make human-AI interaction as natural as face-to-face interaction, enabling the human touch where it has been previously unscalable. We achieve this through pioneering research in multi-modal AI models for human perception and understanding, combined with state-of-the-art human avatar rendering and communication models. Our models power everything from text-to-video AI avatars to real-time conversational video experiences across industries like healthcare, recruiting, sales, education, and more. By enabling AI to see, hear, and communicate with human-like authenticity, we're creating the foundation for the next generation of AI employees, assistants, and companions.

We're a Series A company backed by top investors, including Sequoia, Y Combinator, and Scale VC. Join us in driving the future of human-AI interaction. Check it out for yourself 😎

The Role

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) to be a technical driver on the Tavus Platform. This is a very hands-on role focused primarily on React, with occasional backend work.

This isn't your first rodeo - you've build from 0-1 before, you have strong opinions about architecture and design, and you know how to ship polished, high-performing web experiences. You'll work closely with design, product, and engineering leadership to build intuitive and beautiful experiences, fast.

Your Mission

  • Jump into our existing React codebase and own the development and delivery of platform features, from ideation to launch while upholding a high UX bar
  • Help shape the future for how users interact with our SoTA models by partnering closely with our Conversational Video Interface and Design teams
  • Contribute across the full product stack as needed to ensure seamless product continuity

Requirements

  • You're a frontend nerd. You care about frontend internals and leverage your expertise to deliver beautiful user experiences
  • You've worked on multiple consumer-facing products, ideally from scratch
  • You care deeply about design and user experience - you have strong taste and the confidence to defend it
  • You bring a senior mindset: you set direction, own decisions, and gets things over the finish line. Shipping is a skilled and you've honed it
  • You thrive in startup environments where you can be autonomous, opinionated, and fast-moving
  • You communicate the complex with incredible clarity and leverage your communication abilities to teach others

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with React Native and mobile development
  • Exposure to LLMs, video, or AI/ML-powered products
  • Extensive Fullstack experience

Benefits

When you join Tavus, you’re joining a family. Our work is driven by our team, and our success is shared by all. This position has a flexible work schedule, unlimited PTO, competitive healthcare and gear stipends, as well as, of course, plenty of fun! At the end of the day, we want Tavus to be a place for you to learn, directly drive impact, and be with a team you love.

To learn more about our team culture, and benefits, check out our hiring page!

Tavus is growing fast, and we’d like you to grow with us! Are you excited to get your hands dirty? Drop your resume and we’ll be in touch!

We are not looking for cultural fits, we are looking for culture creators. In fact, diversity is what drives our success – it’s at the core of how we hire, communicate, and work. We are inclusive to all and combine our diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and thinking to build the best experiences for our clients.

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