Senior Software Engineering Manager - New York, NY - $250-350K
Mirage
Senior
$250.0k - $350.0k YEARLY
New York, NY, US
Posted 1 day ago
Job summary
Join Mirage's vibrant engineering team as a Software Engineering Manager, leading the way in AI-driven video solutions. You'll oversee the design and operation of our core platform using your expertise in software engineering and team management to drive high-impact results. With strong investor backing and a friendly startup culture, you'll enjoy fantastic benefits like catered lunches and generous PTO. Apply now for a chance to shape the future of video technology with a dynamic and passionate team!
Role details
- Role
- Full-time
- Industry
- Information Technology
- Employment
- Fulltime
- Experience
- 5 Years +
Responsibilities
- Oversee the design and operation of core platform
- Provide technical leadership for product and platform features
- Improve developer experience
- Bridge AI research to production
- Align development with user needs and business objectives
Requirements
- Track record of building and managing high-performing teams
- Experience shipping high-impact systems in production
- Excellent judgment and time management skills
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401K with employer match
- Commuter benefits
- Catered lunch multiple days per week
- Dinner stipend for late work
- Grubhub subscription
- Health & wellness perks
- Generous PTO policy
Key skills
Software Engineering
Team Management
Technical Leadership
Communication
Ai Models
Product Development
System Design
Platform Development
Collaboration
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- Mirage is the leading AI short\-form video company. We’re building full\-stack foundation models and products that redefine video creation, production and editing. Over 20 million creators and businesses use Mirage’s products to reach their full creative and commercial potential.
- • $350K
We are a rapidly growing team of ambitious, experienced, and devoted engineers, researchers, designers, marketers, and operators based in NYC. As an early member of our team, you’ll have an opportunity to have an outsized impact on our products and our company's culture.
Our Products
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Mirage Studio
Our Technology
AI Research @ Mirage
Mirage Model Announcement
Seeing Voices (white\-paper)
Press Coverage
TechCrunch
Lenny’s Podcast
Forbes AI 50
Fast Company
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, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more.
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Software Engineering Manager
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Engineering at Mirage isn’t narrowly defined. As a small, collaborative team, engineers are trusted with a high degree of ownership and agency. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead and grow a world\-class team of software engineers while providing clear direction and stability. You’ll be responsible for driving technical excellence, fostering growth and collaboration, and building foundational capabilities across product, infrastructure, and core platforms.
Responsibilities
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Oversee the design and operation of our core platform (3rd party providers, storage, billing, observability, security, API).
Provide technical leadership for various product and platform features
Improve developer experience so the whole team ships faster
Guide efforts that bridge AI research to production across all modalities (video, audio, image, text)
Understand the capabilities and limitations of SOTA AI models and how to best leverage them in products
Partner with product, design, and research to keep our development tightly aligned with user needs and business objectives
What Makes You a Great Fit
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A track record of building, mentoring, and managing high\-performing engineering teams
Experience shipping high\-impact systems, platforms, and products in production
Excellent judgment: you balance technical discernment with a strong sense of practicality and time management
Able to operate effectively in an extremely fast\-paced environment, while setting your team up for sustainable success
Strong communicator who can inspire and align a multidisciplinary team
Even Better If...
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You have worked extensively with LLMs, generative media models, and have a pulse on where the 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 (Talkspace, Kindbody, One Medical subscription, HealthAdvocate, Teladoc)
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.*
Compensation Range: $250K \