Backend Engineer (TypeScript/React + AWS Cloud) - AI / Agentic Applications

📋 Description

• • Vidrush Inc. is revolutionizing video production with an AI-native platform that empowers creators to transform simple ideas into fully produced, long-form videos in under an hour. This innovative approach replaces traditional video teams, eliminating lengthy timelines and editing complexities by focusing on intent-to-finished-video conversion. If you are passionate about the future of AI, building cutting-edge creator tools, and establishing category-defining products from the ground up, this role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of this transformation.
• • As a Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in constructing and scaling the robust infrastructure that underpins Vidrush's advanced video generation capabilities. Your primary focus will be on developing and maintaining a TypeScript/Node.js serverless backend, where exceptional code quality and meticulous design are paramount. You will be instrumental in bringing new features to life, taking ownership from the initial API design through to successful deployment. This involves tackling complex challenges across the entire video generation pipeline, seamlessly integrating sophisticated AI models, and developing efficient billing systems. You will have a significant impact on shaping the architecture of the services that drive our core product workflows, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability for future growth. Your contributions will directly influence the technical direction of the platform, fostering a collaborative environment where technical decisions, code reviews, and continuous improvement are integral to our development process. You will be responsible for ensuring the long-term maintainability of our codebase, adhering to best practices and architectural principles to build a sustainable and evolving platform.
• • The engineering team at Vidrush is a dynamic and collaborative group dedicated to building a groundbreaking AI-powered video production platform. We foster a culture of craftsmanship, where attention to detail, rigorous testing, and a commitment to maintainable code are highly valued. Our approach is characterized by architectural discipline, respecting established patterns and layer boundaries to avoid technical debt and ensure a robust foundation. We embrace pragmatism, focusing on shipping functional software efficiently without unnecessary complexity. Ownership is a core tenet, with engineers taking full responsibility for features from conception to production. We champion AI-accelerated development, actively leveraging tools like Cursor, Copilot, and LLMs to enhance productivity in scaffolding, testing, refactoring, and debugging, while always maintaining critical judgment. Our team shares a deep curiosity about AI, driven by the excitement of exploring the intersection of backend engineering and advanced AI capabilities, particularly in the realm of agentic systems.
• • In this role, you will gain invaluable experience in building and scaling a cutting-edge AI-native application. You will deepen your expertise in serverless architectures on AWS, mastering the intricacies of TypeScript and Node.js in a production environment. You will have the opportunity to architect and implement complex systems involving AI integrations and video processing pipelines, significantly enhancing your problem-solving skills. Furthermore, you will contribute to a product that is defining a new category in creator tools, offering a unique chance to shape a category-defining product from its early stages. You will learn to balance rapid development with a strong emphasis on code quality, maintainability, and architectural integrity, developing a keen understanding of how to build scalable and resilient backend systems for AI-driven applications. This position offers a unique platform to grow as an engineer within a fast-paced, innovative startup environment, working on challenging problems at the intersection of AI, video, and creator technology.