Videate Looking for Senior Javascript / Typescript Developer at Austin, TX Full Time

Software video production is time-consuming, people-intensive, and the content goes out of date with every new release. The Videate platform automagically generates high-quality videos on every software release using AI, automation, and text-to-speech. Videate makes software videos easy.

Description

We are hiring a Senior JavaScript Engineer to drive the development of our proprietary video rendering technology. The Videate Engine runs in our AI cloud turning documentation into seamless movies that pass the video Turing test.

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will assume the principal role of improving and extending this technology as we acquire more customers. You will be in the mix of all company software development, as this core technology is behind the scenes for 100% of our customers. Additionally, candidates will need to understand browsers head-to-toe and will maintain a number of Chrome extensions that support the video rendering engine operations.

You will be working on a platform and core technology that does video generation, so video editing experience and/or a passion for recording and editing video is a huge plus, but not required.

With the state of the art for single-page applications being what it is, a profound understanding of the JavaScript runtime environment is required. Candidates should have a master-level understanding of vanilla JavaScript and be adept at a number of server-side frameworks.

You will work daily with:

• JavaScript / Node.js
• PostgreSQL / Redis
• Docker
• Browser extensions, Chrome primarily, building towards cross-browser compatibility
• BASH / Linux command line
• Video recording / transcoding / delivery in Linux & Cloud Environments

Candidates must have:

• Experience with video: recording, transcoding, production, and/or delivery
• Ability to work North / South American Time Zones (our team is in the US, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela)

Candidates should have:

• 7+ years of JavaScript Development
• Deep familiarity with Node.js, and knowledge of the good and bad parts of JavaScript
• Expert understanding of browser runtimes, DOM, and rendering
• Expertise with event-driven architecture
• Extensive experience with test-driven development and retrofitting test suites

What You’ll Get

• Strong company culture with mission-driven team from diverse backgrounds
• Work from home
• Competitive pay
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid company holidays
• Stock options
• Medical, dental & vision benefits

About Videate

Videate is the only video automation platform that keeps how-to and training videos up to date with every software release.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Austin, it is backed by S3 Ventures, the largest venture capital (VC) firm focused on Texas, Tensility Venture Partners, and Wavemaker Group.

Customers including VMware, Cisco, Blue Yonder, Procore, and Docebo use Videate to produce videos for customer success, education and training, sales enablement, and product marketing.

We are direct hiring for this role – No Recruiters or Agencies

NOTE: In your cover letter (or online application), provide answers to these questions:

• Have you worked with video recording, transcoding, and/or video delivery in the cloud? We’d like to know your relevant experiences!
• Have you ever worked with developing Browser Extensions? Please describe your experience.
• Describe your experience with the Linux command-line and BASH.

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