--- title: 'Software Engineer, Agents at Mirage' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-agents-mirage-new-york-mk41fn6fxvb6' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-08' --- # Software Engineer, Agents at Mirage - **Company:** Mirage - **Location:** New York, NY - **Posted:** 2026-08-31 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mirage/84c5fb4a-ef06-421d-add6-38fdb406eca7 ## Job description Mirage is an AI-native video platform that intelligently orchestrates production and editing through natural language. Our models leverage contextual awareness to execute the same creative decisions a professional editor would — dramatically improving productivity for experienced teams, while making video creation accessible to anyone. We’re an interdisciplinary team addressing some of the most difficult technical and creative challenges in generative media. As an early member of our team, you’ll tackle foundational problems that remain largely unsolved across the industry, driving an outsized impact on the future of creative expression. More about us Product https://mirage.app/captions (Captions by Mirage) Research https://mirage.app/research (Our Models and Agents) Updates https://x.com/trymirage (Mirage on X / twitter) TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/mirage-raises-75m-to-continue-building-models-for-its-ai-video-editing-app-captions/, Forbes AI 50 https://www.forbes.com/companies/captions/?list=ai50, Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/91270234/video-most-innovative-companies-fast-company-2025-youtube-roku-tubi-vimeo-captions-descript-cour-procreate-synthesia-beeble (press) Our Investors We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more. Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square) ## About the role This role focuses on designing and building agentic systems that power creative workflows for short-form video. You'll help shape how AI agents reduce friction, accelerate learning, and unlock new creative possibilities for our users — building agents that can take creative actions on a user's behalf — while experimenting with emerging models and techniques to bring these experiences to life in production. Software Engineers on the agents team work across product, machine-learning, and systems engineering — owning meaningful problems end-to-end and helping define how our agents are built and deployed across the product. ## Responsibilities - Build and ship end-to-end agentic systems that meaningfully improve creative workflows, balancing quality, performance, and reliability - Design agent architectures — how agents gather context, plan, select tools, and execute creative tasks reliably at scale - Integrate state-of-the-art models, combining internal research and external capabilities to power new agent experiences - Measure and improve agent quality in production, using experimentation, evaluation frameworks, and real-world feedback to guide iteration What Makes You a Great Fit - 5+ years of professional industry experience - A track record of designing and developing ML systems or agentic pipelines in production - Deep experience with context engineering: RAG systems, token optimization, context management at scale - Experience building evaluation systems and agentic infrastructure (context gathering, tool selection, multi-step planning) - Exceptional problem solving fundamentals and ability to learn quickly in a rapidly evolving space - Able to operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment and scope and deliver projects end-to-end Even better if... - You have worked with multi-agent architectures - You have experience fine-tuning LLMs for specific use cases - You have a pulse on where generative media and agentic AI technology is going - You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win - You have been a startup founder or an early engineer at one ## 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! - Grubhub subscription - Health & Wellness Perks - Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month - Generous PTO policy 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. ## About Mirage ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Mirage builds full-stack AI foundation models and products that turn voice and language into photorealistic video, empowering creators and businesses to produce high-quality video content instantly. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series D, total funding $175M) - **Headquarters**: New York, United States - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Gaurav Misra (CEO) and Dwight Churchill (COO) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: AI video generation, generative media, software development - **Target customers**: Content creators, businesses, marketing teams, enterprises (B2B and B2C) - **Mission**: To close the gap between idea and video, making video creation as fast and intuitive as thought. ## Products & Services - **Captions**: An all-in-one AI video editor and generator for iOS and web. Users can create footage with AI avatars or digital twins, generate videos from text prompts, and add automated captions, visuals, and audio. - **Mirage API**: Enables bulk video generation and captioning, allowing developers to integrate state-of-the-art video intelligence into their own workflows. - **Mirage Foundation Models**: Proprietary multimodal models that produce A-roll footage with natural lip movement, eye contact, and emotional expression from voice and language input. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Tracxn lists a current valuation but masks the figure) - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $175M across 5 rounds (Seed, Series A, B, C, and debt financing) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, plus angel investors Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Nico Wittenborn, Jared Leto, and others. - **Growth Signals**: - 20M+ creators and businesses use Captions - 3M+ monthly videos created - 100K+ daily active users (estimated) - Headcount grew 12.9% year-over-year to 59 employees - Acquired AlpacaML (Nov 2024) to expand capabilities - Presence in Germany, Austria, and Philippines alongside US headquarters ## Competitive Advantages - **Full-stack foundation models**: Mirage owns the entire stack from model training to consumer and enterprise products, giving them tight integration and rapid iteration. - **Multimodal realism**: Their models synchronize speech with natural lip movement, eye contact, and emotional expression, creating highly believable AI-generated video. - **Product ecosystem**: A single platform (Captions) plus an API and model licensing enables both direct consumer use and B2B integration. - **Talent density**: Team includes alumni from Google DeepMind, Snap, Instagram, Palantir, and other top AI/tech companies. ## Strategic Focus - Continue scaling Captions as the go-to AI video editor for creators and businesses - Expand the Mirage API to power video generation at scale for enterprise customers - Advance foundation model research to improve realism, speed, and multilingual support - Grow headcount selectively (19 open roles as of mid-2026) with emphasis on engineering, AI research, and marketing ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Early-stage environment where employees have outsized impact on product and company direction. Emphasis on craft, technical excellence, and creative problem-solving. - **Team**: Small (59 people) but highly skilled, with many hires from top AI labs and consumer tech companies. - **Work model**: Headquarters in New York City (177 Huntington Ave); hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated but likely flexible given global team. - **Perks**: Not detailed, but the company’s rapid growth and strong funding suggest competitive compensation and equity. - **Mission**: Opportunity to shape the future of AI-generated video at a company that is redefining how people create and communicate. ## Sources 1. [mirage.app](https://mirage.app/about-us) 2. [mirage.app](https://website.mirage.app/) 3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/trymirage) 4. [tracxn.com](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/mirage/__AVHAd-QsYzzkaex-b7taDC1oRlTkqQfUOGstLg-OGAQ) 5. 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