Software Engineer, Web (3+ years of experience)

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Frontend Development

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Job Description

Captions seeks a Software Engineer (Web) with 3+ years of experience to deliver high-performance user experiences for their video software. The role involves collaborating with designers and the broader team to conceptualize and ship new features directly to users. Staying current with web technologies and best practices is key, along with managing the product process from requirements to maintenance. Responsibilities include shaping the future of video software, collaborating on incredible experiences, and improving the development process. The ideal candidate possesses strong product sense and technical expertise, balanced by customer focus and engineering excellence. The position is based in NYC.
Must have:
  • 3+ years web dev experience
  • Frontend/backend framework fluency
  • High-performance UI design
  • Collaboration & product sense
Good to have:
  • WebGL, WASM, Electron experience
Perks:
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision
  • 401K match
  • Commuter benefits
  • Catered lunch
  • Dinner stipend
  • Doordash DashPass
  • Health & wellness perks
  • Team offsites
  • Generous PTO
  • Flexible WFH days

Captions is the leading video AI company, building the future of video creation. Over 10 million creators and businesses have used Captions to create videos for social media, marketing, sales, and more. We're on a mission to serve the next billion.

We are a rapidly growing team of ambitious, experienced, and devoted engineers, researchers, designers, marketers, and operators based in NYC. You'll join an early team and have an outsized impact on the product and the company's culture.

We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures (Series C lead), Kleiner Perkins (Series B lead), Sequoia Capital (Series A and Seed co-lead), Andreessen Horowitz (Series A and Seed co-lead), Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more.

Check out our latest financing milestone and some other coverage:

The Information: 50 Most Promising Startups

Fast Company: Next Big Things in Tech

The New York Times: When A.I. Bridged a Language Gap, They Fell in Love

Business Insider: 34 most promising AI startups

Time: The Best Inventions of 2024

** Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square) **

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver stunning, high-performance user experiences that shape the future of video software

  • Collaborate with Product Designers and the broader team to conceptualize and ship incredible experiences directly to Captions' users

  • Stay up-to-date with the latest web technologies and best practices, and apply them to improve the development process and drive innovation

  • Manage the overall product process with the broader team, from requirements gathering and design to implementation and maintenance, and contribute to the development of project plans and schedules

Requirements:

  • Multi-disciplinary engineer with strong product sense and technical expertise, equally driven by customer focus and engineering excellence

  • 3+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on designing and developing user-interfaces for highly scalable web applications

  • Demonstrated fluency with a mainstream frontend and server-side framework (React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, ExpressJS, etc)

Bonus Points:

  • Experience or the ability/ appetite to learn WebGL, WASM, Electron

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

  • 401K with employer match

  • Commuter Benefits

  • Catered lunch multiple days per week

  • Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!

  • Doordash DashPass subscription

  • Health & Wellness Perks (Talkspace, Kindbody, One Medical subscription, HealthAdvocate, Teladoc)

  • Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month

  • Generous PTO policy and flexible WFH days

Captions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Please note benefits apply to full time employees only.

Compensation Range: $140K - $175K

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