Software Engineer, AI Video Agent

Role

OpusClip is hiring a Software Engineer, AI Video Agent to help build a next-generation smart AI video maker that ingests users’ content and composes quality videos for social media. You will move quickly from prototypes to beta and production using agent technology and work closely with product and marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Rapidly prototype, iterate and productionize features for an AI-driven video composition product.
• Implement and improve agent technology (planning, tool calls, memory, evaluation) to enable reliable automated video creation.
• Work full-stack on both front-end and server-side code to deliver end-to-end product experiences.
• Collaborate closely with product, marketing and senior engineers across time zones; attend periodic evening meetings and on-site work in Palo Alto.
• Balance speed and quality: know when to hack and when to craft, and solve reliability problems creatively.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• 0–5 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong full-stack skills: front-end experience (e.g., React) and server-side experience (e.g., NodeJS, Django).
• Familiarity with software engineering principles and best practices; good judgment about trade-offs between prototyping and production.
• Entrepreneurial, scrappy, growth mindset; self-starter and fast learner with strong product and business sense.
• Comfortable working on-site in Palo Alto and with teammates across Asia time zones (periodic evening meetings).
• Must be able to use Cursor or similar AI coding tools; comfortable with “vibe coding” and rapid prototyping.

Preferred

• Experience building AI agents with dynamic planning capabilities, including tool call, memory and evaluation systems.
• Track record of building products individually (side projects or similar).

Tech stack (mentioned)

GCP, TypeScript, Python, Redis, MongoDB, Cloud Storage, React, NodeJS, Django, AI models, Cursor

Location & Team

On-site in Palo Alto, CA. Small, fast-growing team (~100 people) focused on AI and video products. Sunday hack & learn programs are part of the team culture.