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Staff Software Engineer

Flawless AI
Santa Monica, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/21/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/20/2025

The AI company that's revolutionizing Hollywood"

Flawless is shattering the boundaries of traditional filmmaking with its groundbreaking suite of Gen AI film editing tools. Our mission is to empower filmmakers with cutting-edge technology that allows creativity without compromise, expands storytelling possibilities, and delivers unparalleled visual and emotional experiences.

We are also setting new standards in ethical AI by creating the Artistic Rights Treasury (A.R.T.), a rights management solution designed to protect artists and rights holders within the Entertainment landscape.

What we are looking for :

We're searching for a talented and product-focused Staff Software Engineer to join our dynamic, cross-functional team. Together, we're building cutting-edge software that leverages the power of AI to empower users and solve meaningful problems. If you're excited about working at the intersection of software development and machine learning, this role could be perfect for you!

This is an exciting time to join us—we're growing rapidly as we scale and commercialize our product. We're looking for a seasoned engineer who thrives on collaborating with ML teams to build applications that unlock the potential of AI. You'll play a critical role in designing and delivering robust, scalable systems while working closely with experts in machine learning to bridge the gap between models and impactful, user-friendly solutions.

If you're passionate about building innovative products, enjoy tackling challenging engineering problems, and want to shape the future of AI-powered applications, we'd love to hear from you!

Technology

  • Python to write our applications and research
  • Temporal for workflow orchestration
  • Terraform and Docker to schedule and run our services
  • AWS for most of our infrastructure
  • React for our user facing web applications

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain our products, written in Python, conforms with Flawless-wide coding and testing standards.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  • Understand and recommend opportunities for improvement within the team and wider business.
  • Deliver product features and solve Large scope engineering challenges.
  • Break down and define large sized engineering problems in collaboration with other engineers.
  • Guide more junior engineers in developing and implementing complex solutions.
  • You should apply if

  • you have strong experience working on the backend of a technology product
  • you're comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity
  • you're interested in writing high impact software
  • you enjoy mentoring and guiding more junior engineers
  • you have some experience with python
  • you are interested in the AI space or film industry
  • In addition to this, you'll also receive :

  • Autonomy
  • A hybrid working environment
  • Benefits Package
  • Competitive Salary
  • Stock Options
  • Reports to :

    Our Senior Engineering Manager - Michael Long

    Interview Process :

    At Flawless, our team and interview process want to help you show your best self. We'll dive into past projects and simulate working together.

    Our interview process is three interview rounds with some casual Zoom (or in-person) coffee in between to get to know each other :

  • Recruiting Screen : 30-45 minute call with our recruiting team (We want to discuss your interests and motivations as well as the practical details and make sure that Flawless would be a good fit for you)
  • Coding Interview : 60 minute Zoom. This will be a technical paired-programming task with one of our engineering team.
  • This is designed to be an open / pairing type exercise to assess your ability to parse simple requirements, translate those into code, and demonstrate your fluency with hands on coding.

  • Team Interview : 2.5-3 hours onsite / or virtual Interview where you will meet a variety of your potential future colleagues (We will have specific sessions that focus on how you collaborate with others and your technical experience.). Below are the components of this interview stage :
  • Reverse System Design : 60 minutes
  • System Design : 45 minutes
  • Behavioural / : 45 Minutes
  • Your Recruiter and hiring manager will be your main point of contact and prepare you for interviews. You'll meet 4 to 6 people from across the business. (We make sure that you have time in each interview to ask them questions). If we don't give an offer, we'll provide feedback!

    Why work at Flawless

    You will be working in an environment based on trust, autonomy and collaboration, and this is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a growing company in its most exciting stage of development. You can play a part in shaping the future of a company that's caring, creative and collaborative.

    Flawless is proud to emphasize an equal opportunity, safe environment for people to do their best work. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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