Android Engineer, Captions
$160-210k
+Equity
Office located in Union Square, NYC
AI-powered creative studio
Open for applications
AI-powered creative studio
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$160-210k
+Equity
Office located in Union Square, NYC
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower our customers, regardless of background or experience, with the ability to bring their vision to life in seconds.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience
Desirable
- 5+ years of native Android development experience, and highly proficient in technologies like Java, Kotlin, Android SDK
- A true self-starter: you have an entrepreneur’s intrinsic motivation, capable of independently running with business and product ideas without explicit guidance
- You have experience creating widely used, sophisticated consumer facing Android applications (and experience launching more than one generation)
- Experience designing and building server-side APIs and components that interface with mobile applications
What the job involves
- Design and deliver high-quality, consumer facing features and products for Captions’ native Android platform that push the limits of mobile technology
- Collaborate with product-design, engineering, and other cross-functional partners to ship smooth, stable, and elegant products that will reach millions of users globally
- Lead full-stack mobile application development from inception through design, implementation, and launch for client side features and server APIs / services
- Play a meaningful role in influencing the Android product and technology roadmap and architecture decisions
Our take
As AI integration grows in creative fields, concerns arise about the future of professions like writing and design. However, Captions has transformed these anxieties into opportunities by harnessing AI technology to streamline the creative workflow.
By automating tasks in music, graphic design, and video production, Captions allows users to generate compelling content directly from their mobile devices. With a focus on meeting the rising demand for captivating digital content, its subscription-based model covers key processes like captioning, editing, dubbing, and soundtracking.
Captions' innovative approach has garnered attention, securing funding from tech giants like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. This investment will grow the company's machine learning team and invest further into in-house research efforts and technical infrastructure.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
61% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2024
$60m
SERIES C
Jun 2023
$25m
SERIES B
Total funding: $85m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Anything you need to do your best work
- We’ve done team off-sites to places like Paris, London, Park City, Los Angeles, and Nashville with more planned in the future
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
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Leadership
Gaurav Misra
(CEO)Previously the Head of Design Engineering at Snap Inc, Senior Software Engineer at Localytics, Software Development Engineer at Microsoft, and Software Engineer at Lattice Engines.
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