Senior Software Engineer - Video AI

We're Topaz Labs, an AI tech company that builds one-click image and video quality software with deep learning. Over 1M photographers and designers trust us with their work, including teams at Apple, Netflix, NASA, and more. We've processed over 1 billion images, achieved 1000% revenue growth in the last 4 years, and we're just getting started.

About us

We're experiencing rocketship growth and opportunity for impact ($3M → $35M revenue in four years). Over 1 million customers (including companies like Apple, NASA, Netflix) have used us for over 1 billion photos. Our tech has been covered by Fast Company, The Verge, Engadget, Mashable, BBC, and more. Our world-class team executes quickly, obsesses about the customer experience, and promotes from within. We're profitable with infinite runway.

About the role 

As a Senior Software Engineer on our Video team you would be a key part of development on Video AI - which helps videographers enhance their videos with 4K Upscaling, Motion Deblur, Frame Rate Enhancement and other features driven by our AI engine. Your responsibilities would include feature development, code and system architecture, project planning, UI/UX, stability, optimization and more. Our product engineers work on everything from application architecture to frontend features. You would have a pivotal role on the team helping us maintain our high standard of craftsmanship and feature delivery.

About you

• 3+ years professional development experience
• Proficient in C++ & JavaScript
• Experience working with modern, reactive UI frameworks 
• Knowledgeable with application architecture, networking, databases, performance and optimization
• Testing experience: unit, integration, UI and/or acceptance tests
• Good understanding of concurrency and multi-threading
• High level of experience working on customer-facing products
• Eye for design and a high level of craftsmanship
• Strong sense of user experience
• High aptitude for computer programming
• Proven ability to learn and be effective in new technologies
• You enjoy independence and a high level of responsibility

Preferred

• Experience developing native applications for Windows / MacOS
• Knowledge of image or video encoding/decoding and file formats
• Experience deploying ML models in production environments
• Some history working with applications involving video or live streaming

Love

• Photographers and videographers!
• Deep knowledge of image file formats - JPEG, RAW, TIFF, PNG…
• Familiarity with these SDKs - ONNX, CoreML, TensorRT, OpenVino
• Advanced use of ffmpeg, OpenCV
• Qt/QML development experience

Do you meet most but not 100% of the above? We’d still like to hear from you–we are passionate about developing a diverse team and culture, so please apply if you’re interested! 

This is a unique role for someone interested in making a deep impact at a high-growth tech software company. We offer strong base salary, plus significant ownership that scales with the company's growth. We also offer 100% covered medical/dental/vision for employees, 15 days annual PTO plus holidays, and 401k matching. This is a full-time onsite role in Dallas, TX, and we will ask you to relocate if you're not in the area