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AI Growth Engineer at OpusClip in Palo Alto, CA
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Job Description
🎨 OpusClip is the world's No.1 AI video agent, built for authenticity on social media.
We envision a world where everyone can authentically share their story through video, with no expertise needed. Within just 18 months of our launch, over 10 million creators and businesses have used OpusClip to enhance their social presence.
We have raised $50 million in total funding and are fortunate to have some of the most supportive investors, including SoftBank Vision Fund, DCM Ventures, Millennium New Horizons, Fellows Fund, AI Grant, Jason Lemkin (SaaStr), Samsung Next, GTMfund, Alumni Ventures, and many more.
Check out our latest coverage by Business Insider featuring our product and funding milestones, and our recognition as one of The Information's 50 Most Promising Startups in 2024.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, we are a team of 100 passionate and experienced AI enthusiasts and video experts, driven by our core values:
Be a Champion Team
Prioritize Ruthlessly
Ship fast, Quality Follows
Obsess over customers
Be a part of this exciting journey with us!
The Mission:
OpusClip is seeking a full-stack, AI-native Engineer who combines strong product sense with scrappy 0→1 engineering skills to drive product-led growth. You will join a fresh team in the Palo Alto office focusing on the Agent Opus platform - a leading agentic video generation product. You will work closely with the product, marketing, and sales teams daily to rush prototype, beta, and production versions of this disruptive product. By deeply understanding our end users, you will co-innovate with some of the world’s top social media creators and enterprise teams to validate AI agents that deliver 100x outcomes compared to the pre-AI era. We’re looking for someone self-driven, highly efficient, and impact-obsessed, who thrives in a fast-paced, experimental environment.
Key Responsibilities:
0→1 Prototyping & Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Build & Ship: Rapidly build and ship scrappy 0→1 solutions across multiple tech stacks to capture growth opportunities.
SOTA Exploration: Collaborate closely with AI Researchers to explore the boundaries of State-of-the-Art (SOTA) models and brainstorm novel ways to leverage them within the Agent Opus platform.
Data-Driven Iteration: Spend ~30% of your time on iterative work driven by a strong growth mindset, identifying and capitalizing on new user expansion avenues.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Operational Support
Daily Alignment: Work cross-functionally with growth marketers, product managers, and data teams on a daily basis to align on priorities, define metrics, and land measurable impact.
Operational Execution: Dedicate ~30% of your time to supportive operational tasks, including SEO initiatives, Ads execution, B2B leads sourcing, and answering critical data questions.
Influence & Advocate: Serve as a strong communicator who can advocate for ideas, drive alignment across global teams, and present data-driven recommendations to leadership.
Qualifications:
Full-Stack Generalist: Must perform as a highly efficient generalist with strong engineering skills across both front-end (React) and server-side (NodeJS, GCP, etc.). Fast learner and self-starter.
Hacker Spirit: A strong entrepreneurial mindset with experience in rapidly growing startups. Good judgment on when to hack and when to craft. You believe that speed is key and quality follows later.
Combat Mentality: You dare to set ambitious goals and deadlines, working hard and smart. You resonate with the combat spirit to win (think F1 Movie) and treat challenges like a sport.
AI Native & Product Sense: Deeply understand creators, care passionately about end users, and possess strong product sense. Must be comfortable working at a frontier AI company.
Global Collaboration: Open to having 1–2 evening meetings per week with Asia-based senior engineers. In-person return-to-office in Palo Alto is required.
Bonus: Familiarity with growth marketing and distribution strategies (SEO, social, integrations), a background in building small, high-leverage tools or side projects, or strong mobile skills (Swift/Kotlin).
Tech Stack:
Orchestration & Compute: Kubernetes (GKE), Google Cloud, Docker, Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA).
Workflow Engine: Temporal
Observability: Datadog (APM, Custom Metrics, Alerting).
Coding Languages: React, TypeScript, Python.
Data & Storage: Redis, Postgres.
What We Offer!
Competitive Base Salary + Equity + Bonus
Bonus Range: $15,000 - $75,000
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
Global team offsite.
A challenging but exciting work environment with a strong culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Opportunities for advancement and career growth.
Location (Onsite):
US (Onsite) - Palo Alto
EEO
OpusClip is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. OpusClip considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Opus Clip is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.