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# Senior Product Engineer (Full-Stack) at OpenArt AI

- **Company:** OpenArt AI
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $300k–$350k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-06-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openart/70c45048-9117-4eb4-8e1d-75e10136d77b/application

**Skills:** React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Firestore, Upstash, Modal, Cloud Run, Firebase, GCP, Serverless, Containers, AI-powered products, Data-heavy products

> OpenArt seeks a Senior Product Engineer to own complex, user-facing systems end-to-end, from frontend UX to backend architecture. The role involves designing scalable AI-powered workflows, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with founders to ship high-impact features at scale.

## Job description

## SENIOR PRODUCT ENGINEER (NORTH AMERICA)

## 🎨 ABOUT OPENART

OpenArt is an AI Storytelling and Visual Creation Platform used by millions worldwide. We’re building the next generation of creative tools powered by cutting-edge AI, enabling anyone to create videos, visuals, characters, and stories with unprecedented speed and imagination. We believe the future of creativity is AI-native, and we're shaping that future.

## 🚀 WHY JOIN OPENART

- Small team, massive surface area, senior engineers own real systems, not slices.
- Ship at real scale, your work goes to millions of users, fast.
- Founder-led engineering culture, both founders are technical and deeply involved in product and architecture.
- AI-native product, you’ll design how cutting-edge AI models are exposed as real user experiences.
- High ownership, low process, we value judgment, clarity, and speed over bureaucracy.

## 🎯 ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for a Senior Product Engineer (Full-Stack) who can own complex, user-facing systems end-to-end, from product definition and UX trade-offs to backend architecture and data modeling. This is not a role for specialists who only live in one layer. You should be comfortable working on frontend UX, backend systems, APIs, and data schemas, and making pragmatic decisions that balance product velocity, scalability, and long-term maintainability.

You will work closely with the founders to design, build, and evolve core AI-powered workflows, and act as a technical and product multiplier for the team.

## 🛠 WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Own complex product features end-to-end, from product concept → UX → backend systems → production launch.
- Design and build scalable backend architectures, including APIs, async pipelines, and AI inference workflows.
- Lead system design for new features, including performance, reliability, and extensibility considerations.
- Design clean, scalable data models across multiple storage systems (SQL & NoSQL).
- Build high-quality frontend experiences using React / Next.js with strong UX and performance sensibility.
- Make informed trade-offs between speed, correctness, and scalability, and explain those trade-offs clearly.
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and GTM to translate user needs into technical solutions.
- Mentor junior engineers and raise the overall engineering bar through code reviews and technical guidance.
- Act as a senior technical voice, influencing architecture, tooling, and engineering best practices.
- Occasionally represent engineering decisions externally or act as the CTO’s delegate when needed.

## ⚙ WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Core Requirements

- Strong Full-Stack engineering experience shipping production systems at scale.
- Proven ability to design and implement end-to-end features independently.
- Excellent system design skills, you can reason about APIs, services, data flow, and failure modes.
- Strong experience designing data schemas and data models for real product use cases.
- Hands-on experience with multiple database types, such as:
- Relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- NoSQL / KV stores (e.g. Redis, Firestore)
- Solid backend experience with Node.js and/or Python, including async workflows and integrations.
- Strong frontend skills with React / Next.js, and an eye for product polish.
- High product intuition, you think in user flows, not just endpoints.
- Ability to operate with ambiguity and define problems before solving them.

## Nice to Have

- Experience working on AI-powered or data-heavy products.
- Familiarity with cloud-native architecture (GCP, serverless, containers).
- Experience designing systems that balance real-time UX with async processing.
- Prior startup experience or experience owning large surface-area features.

## ⚙ TECH STACK YOU’LL WORK WITH

React / Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, GCP, Cloud Run, Modal, Firebase, Redis, Upstash

## 💰 COMPENSATION

- ~$300k total compensation including base salary, bonus, equity
- Equity - meaningful ownership in what you build
- High autonomy, high growth environment

## 🌍 WORK SETUP

- Bay Area preferred (hybrid allowed)
- Visa sponsorship available
- We’ll consider remote

🎯 WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN 3–6 MONTHS

- You’ve shipped multiple features that users love.
- You’ve launched at least one AI-powered user flow end-to-end.
- You’ve formed a tight feedback loop with design, founders, and real users.
- You’re pushing ideas, not waiting for specs.
- You're a key voice in shaping the product and engineering roadmap.

If you're excited about building magical AI experiences and want to own real product impact from day one, we'd love to talk.

## About OpenArt AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: OpenArt is an all-in-one AI creative platform that enables users to generate, edit, and remix images, videos, characters, audio, and 3D worlds through a single interface.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Coco Mao (CEO), John Qiao (CTO) – both former Google engineers

## Core Business
- Primary Industry: Technology, Information and Internet; AI‑powered creative tools
- Target Customers: B2C (millions of individual creators) and B2B (brands, studios, content teams)
- Mission Statement: “Build the future of storytelling with AI.”

## Products & Services
- **Image Generation & Editing** – Generate images using models like GPT Image 2, Nano Banana Pro, Seedream 5.0, and edit within the same canvas (erase, expand, restyle, upscale to 4K).
- **Video Generation** – Create videos up to 15 seconds at up to 4K resolution, choosing from models such as Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0 Omni, and Sora 2. Refine or edit each generation.
- **Character Builder** – Build consistent characters using reference images or text; characters can be reused across images, scenes, and videos with the same face and style.
- **World** – Generate persistent, navigable 3D spatial environments from a single prompt or reference images; add characters, place objects, take still photos, or export to 3D tools.
- **Audio** – AI voiceovers in 30+ languages with lip‑sync, original music generation, and sound effects (footsteps, rain, etc.). Export as WAV or MP3 timed to video.
- **OpenArt Director** – Storyboard and refine video sequences using natural‑language chat for granular shot‑by‑shot control.
- **Smart Shot** – Convert a single prompt into 3–5 cinematic cuts with varied angles, camera moves, and visual consistency.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - **Annual Recurring Revenue**: Grew from $10.5 M to over $70 M in 2025 (7× growth) [[openart.ai/blog]](https://openart.ai/blog/the-openart-story/)
  - **Monthly Active Users**: 8 million+ [[openart.ai/blog]](https://openart.ai/blog/the-openart-story/)
- **Total Funding**: $40 M+ across three rounds:
  - Seed (June 2023): $5 M led by DCM Ventures and CapitalOven [[tracxn.com]](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/openart/__rGLZ4jZtTKFqOnIFJpVIpXqrPEtJHfzKwCfxXxYFnns)
  - Venture Round (Aug 2025): $5 M [[linkedin.com]](https://www.linkedin.com/company/openart-ai)
  - Series A (2026–Q1): $30 M – $35 M (conflicting reports) led by Canaan Partners [[openart.ai/blog]](https://openart.ai/blog/the-openart-story/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Canaan Partners, DCM Ventures, CapitalOven; partnerships with leading AI model providers (Seedream, Google Veo, Kling, etc.)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Employee headcount: 67 (1,172.7% YoY growth; 29.6% monthly growth) [[linkedin.com]](https://www.linkedin.com/company/openart-ai)
  - Presence in 17 countries across North America, Asia, and Europe
  - Hosted the world’s first AI Influencer Summit and produced “Bot House,” the first AI reality TV show

## Competitive Advantages
- **All‑in‑one platform**: Instead of juggling separate tools (Midjourney for images, Runway/Sora for video, etc.), users access images, video, characters, audio, and 3D worlds under a single subscription.
- **Character consistency**: A core differentiator – one character can be reused across images, scenes, and videos with the same look, enabling storytelling and AI influencers.
- **Model agnosticism**: The platform bundles multiple top‑tier AI models (Seedream, Veo, GPT Image, Kling, Sora, etc.), letting users pick the best option per project without paying multiple subscriptions.
- **Strong retention driven by storytelling**: The metric most watched is not ARR but how often creators return to deepen characters and expand universes.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue building the end‑to‑end creative platform for storytellers (characters, worlds, long‑form video)
- Expand the AI influencer and brand‑mascot market (e.g., AI Influencer Summit, Bot House reality show)
- Deepen integration of audio and video editing for professional studios
- Grow the engineering and product teams – “We’ve nearly doubled in size this year, and the pace isn’t slowing down.” [[openart.ai/blog]](https://openart.ai/blog/the-openart-story/)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Fast‑moving, lean team that “move[s] fast, over‑communicate[s], and put[s] storytelling at the heart of everything.” [[openart.ai/blog]](https://openart.ai/blog/the-openart-story/)
- **Growth trajectory**: Company experienced 7× ARR growth in one year and is actively hiring across departments (engineering, design, product, marketing)
- **Founders**: Ex‑Google (Coco Mao, John Qiao) with a track record of launching products at scale (short‑form video platform acquired by Google Search)
- **Work model**: Hybrid / office presence in San Francisco (HQ) and Redwood City; no formal remote‑first policy stated
- **Notable**: Free trial available for users; employees have backgrounds from top AI companies (Stability AI, Invideo, ImagineArt, etc.)

## Sources
1. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/openart-ai)
2. [openart.ai](https://openart.ai/)
3. [openart.ai/blog](https://openart.ai/blog/the-openart-story/)
4. [tracxn.com](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/openart/__rGLZ4jZtTKFqOnIFJpVIpXqrPEtJHfzKwCfxXxYFnns)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openart)

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