HeyGen seeks an experienced Engineering Leader to own and scale its Interactive Avatar product, enabling real-time, AI-powered avatars for various use cases via API.
Responsibilities
Lead and scale a team of software engineers building HeyGen’s Interactive Avatar platform
Drive end-to-end development from backend architecture, latency optimization, and streaming infrastructure to tooling and frontend delivery
Collaborate with product and design to translate user needs into fast, intelligent, and responsive avatar platform
Own the reliability and scalability of real-time avatar performance across API, web and mobile surfaces
Work closely with infra teams to integrate state-of-the-art speech, language, and video generation models
Foster a strong engineering culture emphasizing velocity, ownership, and innovation
Establish technical direction, conduct design reviews, and mentor engineers across the org
Requirements
7+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity
Proven experience building and scaling real-time interactive systems
Strong background in full-stack development (Node.js, Python, React) and experience with real-time media (WebRTC, streaming, low-latency APIs)
Familiarity with deploying models in production—particularly those related to speech, vision, or conversational AI
Strong communication and organizational skills; able to work fluidly with cross-functional teams
Experience working in fast-paced startup environments with distributed teams