Description
Synthesia is seeking a Principal/Staff Software Engineer to work on core enterprise platform systems, focusing on services that ensure Synthesia is secure, reliable, and scalable for our largest customers.
You will contribute to our new suite of APIs that will unlock our market-leading Avatar technology to be utilised by external creative tools.
Assist in developing and operating systems at scale, ideally within platform or enterprise-focused teams.
Strong expertise in development and system design, with experience across the stack, particularly in Python, React, and AWS.
Relevant engineering experience for teams building enterprise-grade systems, including security, compliance, data handling, access control, multi-tenant systems, or platform services.
Evaluate your work through system health and reliability metrics, leveraging observability and monitoring to ensure systems meet performance, reliability, and compliance expectations.
Consider the long-term direction of the platform, ensuring that the systems we build today can support future scale, enterprise requirements, and evolving regulatory needs.
At least seven (7) years of experience as a software engineer, with experience operating at a senior or staff level.
Experience building and operating systems at scale, ideally within platform or enterprise-focused teams.
Strong expertise in development and system design, with experience across the stack, particularly in Python, React, and AWS.
Relevant engineering experience for teams building enterprise-grade systems, including security, compliance, data handling, access control, multi-tenant systems, or platform services.
Experience owning systems in production, including observability, incident response, and reliability improvements.
Ability to work across teams and functions, aligning with stakeholders and driving technical initiatives end-to-end.
Strong alignment with building reliable, scalable systems that support long-term product and business goals.
Previous experience leading projects or mentoring other engineers is a plus.