Founding Software Engineer, FireCut

$84-96k

Expected range for 2024. Includes profit-sharing, so compensation grows automatically with the company

AWS

CSS

HTML

JavaScript

Python

jQuery

Linux

Node.js

Figma

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Europe, UK

AI Video Editing Tool

Open for applications

AI Video Editing Tool

1-20 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceVideo

Open for applications

$84-96k

Expected range for 2024. Includes profit-sharing, so compensation grows automatically with the company

AWS

CSS

HTML

JavaScript

Python

jQuery

Linux

Node.js

Figma

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Europe, UK

1-20 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceVideo

Company mission

To help people speed up their video editing workflow with AI.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You are comfortable across the tech stack (e.g. designing front-end, building and interfacing with APIs, managing a Linux server and database, etc.)
You take ownership of your work, requiring minimal supervision
As one of the first hires in a fast-growing company, you are adaptable and can support with tasks outside of development, e.g. speaking to customers to resolve bugs, helping to manage our payments portal, etc
You have 3+ years of coding experience (5+ recommended)

Desirable

You are familiar with Adobe Premiere Pro (or at least similar video editing tools like DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or Adobe After Effects)
You are familiar with AWS / Digital Ocean

What the job involves

Developing new features — you will work closely with the Founder to develop new features in FireCut
Fixing reported bugs — you will own the bug-fixing process end-to-end, which will involve reading customer feedback, recreating bugs and finding the root cause, fixing bugs in the code, etc.
Server management — you will own server uptime and take steps to optimise the server setup
User communication — you will support the Founder in responding to user feedback and requests

Application process

Apply via Otta (short 1-2 min video required)
1st stage interview
Coding challenge
Final interview

Our take

Editing video content can be a lengthy and tiresome process, taking up time that creators could spend generating new ideas. FireCut is a video editing tool powered by AI, with a range of capabilities including automated silence cutting, captioning and AI chapter detection, that reduces editing time and enables creators to focus on being creative.

Originally created and used in-house by YouTuber Ali Abdaal and his team, the software is already tried and tested. By delivering value to the ever-expanding video content creator community, there is a wealth of opportunity ahead for FireCut and it will surely be one to watch.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Company benefits

Remote opportunities
Profit-sharing

Company HQ

Westminster, London, UK

Leadership

Ali Abdaal

(YouTuber)

Ali and their team developed FireCut as an in-house tool to edit their videos. As well as being a YouTuber, they are an ex-Doctor who got their medical degree from Cambridge University and author of the book "Feel-Good Productivity

Suhail Idrees

(Developer)

Suhail developed FireCut working with editors in Ali Abdaal's team to help edit videos in-house. Suhail is an ex-MBB consultant who previously studied at Cambridge University.

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