Tech Co-Founder/Senior Full-Stack Developer/CTO

at a 
AI-powered Event Video Editing Startup
Type of role:  
Join as co-founder
Location
Sydney
Pay
Equity provided
Yes
Working style
Remote, Hybrid
Team size
1-5
Seniority
Main skills
Company's funding stage
Bootstrapping
Date posted
October 1, 2025

About the company

We're an AI-powered real-time video editing solution for live events, automatically delivering branded, social-ready segments, reels and clips within minutes.
Products include instant graduation stage-crossing clips and real-time award winner highlights.
The platform supports multi-room, multi-stream capture, custom branding, instant delivery, and cloud-based storage, eliminating the need for expensive manual editing.

About the job

We are building a feature-rich video streaming application to automate video acquisition, editing, processing, and delivery. We are looking for an experienced software engineer to lead the team and assist founders in designing and developing video streaming platform.

It's a great opportunity for an ambitious talented engineer to do great things as part of a small team, grow with the company, be creative and lead the development.

Some of the areas of our product:

  • Multimedia programming: audio/video streaming, ingestion, processing and non-linear editing solutions
  • Deployment/adaptation of deep learning models (computer vision, natural language processing), AI research
  • Cross-platform desktop apps, developer tools, network programming
  • Advanced configuration and backend support for real-time streaming
  • Multiple video classifications, playlists, and categories creation
  • Embedded Multimedia Applications (Playback, video capturing and streaming solutions)
  • Network programming and protocols (TCP/IP, WebRTC, NDI, SRT, RTMP)

Requirements

Your Responsibilities:

  • Architect and build scalable APIs and services using Node.js, Python, and React
  • Develop and maintain serverless functions (AWS Lambda) and APIs (AWS API Gateway)
  • Work with FFmpeg and AWS IVS/MediaConvert to handle complex video processing workflows
  • Integrate AWS services like EventBridge, Transcribe, and S3 to support video pipeline
  • Build and test features using Jest, Playwright, and modern CI pipelines
  • Own infrastructure using Pulumi (Infrastructure as Code) and GitHub Actions
  • Monitor performance and optimize for scalability and reliability

What We're Looking For:

  • 5+ years experience as a full stack or backend engineer
  • Strong understanding of scalable cloud architectures, AWS, Kubernetes
  • Hands-on experience with serverless functions, API Gateway, and asynchronous workflows
  • Proficient in Node.js, Python, React
  • Familiarity with video processing using FFMPEG and AWS Media services (IVS, MediaConvert)
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and object storage (AWS S3)
  • Solid infrastructure knowledge (GitHub, GitHub Actions, IaC with Pulumi or similar)
  • Passion for building production-ready systems with test coverage and deployment automation

Nice to Have:

  • Experience in video encoding, transcoding, or live streaming workflows
  • Knowledge of real-time event systems (EventBridge, Kafka, etc.)
  • Experience working in an early-stage SaaS startup
  • Strong debugging, performance tuning, and observability skills
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