TECH LEAD, AI VIDEO AGENT

HeyGen
Full-time
San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Toronto
$220,000 to $300,000 annually
Posted on 5 months ago

Job Description

This Tech Lead, AI Video Agent role is ideal for someone with deep expertise in large-scale system optimization, ranking/search infrastructure, and real-time quality tuning. You’ll lead the development of our AI agent system for video generation - an intelligent assistant powered by large language models (LLMs) and multi-modal understanding, enabling users to create videos through natural interaction and automation.

Responsibilities

  • Design and scale end-to-end systems for intelligent video agents (search, ranking, ads optimization, personalized content delivery)
  • Deploy and fine-tune LLMs and multimodal AI systems into production pipelines
  • Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers
  • Drive the development of AI agents for video creation tasks
  • Build robust backend services for inference speed, system reliability, and content quality
  • Partner with AI researchers, designers, and product managers

Requirements

  • 7+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years in technical leadership or managerial role
  • Proven experience building and optimizing large-scale systems (ads ranking, search, or recommendation engines)
  • Strong background in machine learning system design, including experience deploying and scaling LLMs or generative models in production
  • Familiarity with modern LLMs (e.g., GPT, Claude, PaLM), multimodal models (e.g., Flamingo, Gemini, LLaVA), and open-source frameworks
  • Excellent programming and architectural design skills; experience with backend technologies (Python, Go, or C++)
  • Experience building infrastructure for real-time systems (performance, observability, and scalability)
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

  • No benefits