Hedra

Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Hedra (San Francisco, CA)

Hedra· San Francisco, CA·

Role details

Employment
Full-Time

Job description

SUMMARY

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you will design, build, and scale the products and systems that make Hedra’s visual intelligence accessible to users and developers. You’ll work across the stack, building intuitive interfaces for creating, manipulating, and interacting with visual content while also developing the backend services that power those experiences.

On the frontend, you’ll work with technologies like Next.js, React, Redux, and TypeScript to build fast, highly interactive experiences around image, video, and multimodal models. On the backend, you’ll build secure, reliable, and scalable Python services and APIs on AWS, working across model integrations, asynchronous workloads, inference orchestration, and real-time product experiences. You’ll work with systems like Postgres, Redis, S3, and SQS as we continue to scale the platform.

You’ll work closely with engineers and researchers building physical world models across generation, perception, prediction, and planning, helping turn frontier research into products people can actually use. As Hedra expands beyond media generation into the broader class of physical world models, you’ll have significant ownership over how those capabilities are translated into compelling, production-ready experiences.

We’re looking for full-time hires to join us in our San Francisco office.

MUST-HAVE EXPERIENCE

  • 5+ years of professional experience with Javascript, React, NextJS, and Typescript.
  • Experience working closely with design to set and deliver engineering initiatives and projects.
  • A product-focused engineer who is passionate about the user experience and empowering creatives.

NICE-TO-HAVE EXPERIENCE

  • Experience developing scalable services using Python or Golang.
  • Experience working with relational datastores
  • Experience writing unit and integration tests, working with CI/CD, and writing functional tests using tools such as Playwright.
  • Strong familiarity with frameworks / standards / concepts such as WASM, websockets, IndexedDB, promises, generators, and coroutines.
  • Experience building and scaling cloud-based infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes.
  • Experience architecting and implementing REST APIs for distributed systems.

BENEFITS

  • Competitive compensation and equity
  • 401k
  • Healthcare (Silver PPO Medical, Vision, Dental)
  • Lunch and snacks at the office

We encourage you to apply even if you don't fully meet all the listed requirements; we value potential and diverse perspectives, and your unique skills could be a great asset to our team.

Why work at Hedra

  • High-Impact Work: Join a small, fast-growing team (~44 people) building frontier AI models and products that are already used by hundreds of thousands of businesses.
  • Culture & Values: Emphasizes ownership, action, hands-on leadership, customer obsession, empathy, respect, and unity. Described as a meritocracy where ideas are valued regardless of title. hedra.com
  • Cutting-Edge Tech: Work on the latest in generative AI (video, image, audio) with a team that includes talent from Meta, HeyGen, Synthesia, and other top AI labs. linkedin.com
  • Locations: Offices in San Francisco and New York. Remote/hybrid policy is not explicitly stated, but the presence of multiple offices and a globally distributed team suggests flexibility.
  • Active Hiring: Currently hiring for multiple high-impact roles including Research Scientist, Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Research Engineer, Staff Growth Engineer, and Senior Backend Engineer. jobs.ashbyhq.com
  • Rapid Growth: Yearly headcount growth of +108.7% and strong funding signal a high-growth trajectory with ample opportunity for career advancement. linkedin.com

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