ML/AI Engineer

We're Building the Future of Filmmaking (And We Need You)

Our Story

Remember when Photoshop democratized graphic design?

When Final Cut Pro put editing studios on laptops? When Instagram turned everyone into a photographer?

We're doing the same for filmmaking

Not by giving people better cameras. By giving them an AI film studio

that thinks like a director, works like a crew, and ships like software.

What We've Already Built

We've shipped real commercials for global brands -

Films that look like $200K traditional shoots, made in days for a fraction of the cost.

Here's the problem

: Our process works, but it's held together by human orchestration.

One filmmaker manually coordinates Runway, Midjourney, Magnific, Photoshop — like conducting an orchestra where every musician speaks a different language.

We've proven AI filmmaking can be cinematic.

Now we're building the operating system that makes it scalable.

What Makes This Different
This Isn't Another SaaS Tool

We're not building project management software or a CRM.

We're building a creative instrument

— something filmmakers will use to make art.

Every line of code you write will show up in actual films.

Every optimization you make will help a brand tell their story.

Every bug you fix will unlock someone's creative vision.

You'll Work With Filmmakers, Not Just Engineers

Our team includes people who've shot commercials, directed productions, and understand cinematography. You're not building to specs written by product managers who've never used the product.

You're building shoulder-to-shoulder with the users.

The Tech Stack Is Genuinely Interesting

• Generative AI APIs (Runway, Veo, Kling) at production scale
• Real-time image processing and video generation
• Computer vision for consistency checking
• Semantic understanding of creative feedback
• A "prompt memory" system that learns from every project

This isn't CRUD. This is AI at the bleeding edge.

Your Work Will Compound

Every frame you help generate trains the system.

Every feedback loop you build makes the next film better.

You're not shipping features. You're building a brain that gets smarter.

What You'll Build

The intelligence layer that makes AI filmmaking consistent and smart.

You'll design and build:

• Look & Feel parser

: Extract visual rules from reference images (color palettes, lighting, composition)
- Runway API mastery

: Optimize prompts, reference images, seeds for consistent 30-frame storyboards
- Visual Law validator

: Check generated frames against brand/style rules
- Feedback interpreter

: Turn "make her happier" into specific prompt modifications
- Prompt memory system

: Store, tag, and retrieve successful prompts for reuse
- Cost optimization

: Track and minimize API costs across models

You're building the brain

that learns from every project and gets smarter over time.

You're Probably a Fit If You:

• Have
  2+ years working with ML/AI in production

(not just research or notebooks)
- Have
extensive experience with generative AI APIs

(Runway, Replicate, OpenAI, Anthropic, Midjourney)
- Are
expert-level at prompt engineering

(you know the difference between "woman smiling" and "woman with joyful expression, warm genuine smile")
- Understand
computer vision basics

(extract colors, analyze composition, image similarity)
- Can
ship pragmatically

(rules-based now, ML models later is a valid strategy)
- Are
curious about creative applications

(you'd rather build for filmmakers than optimize ad CTRs)
- Can
code production systems

(you'll write APIs, not just notebooks)

Technical Background We're Looking For:

• Strong
  Python

(primary language)
- Deep experience with
Runway, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion

, or similar
- Comfortable with
OpenCV, PIL

for image processing
- Experience building
REST APIs

(FastAPI preferred)
- Understanding of
NLP basics

(or willingness to learn)
- Bonus: Experience with
LoRA training

or
fine-tuning generative models

You're NOT a Fit If You:

• Want to publish papers instead of ship products
• Think rule-based systems are "beneath you"
• Haven't used generative AI APIs in production
• Need 6 months to experiment before shipping
• Can't write production backend code

What Makes This Exciting

Novel problem space

: Creative AI systems that respect artistic intent

Production scale

: Real filmmakers using your models for real work

Learn prompt engineering

: This is genuinely a new discipline — you'll master it

Compound impact

: Every project improves the system

Shape the future

: You're defining how AI and creativity intersect

What We Offer
Competitive Compensation

• Market-rate salary

for your experience level
- Meaningful equity
- You're employee #4-6, not #400

Real Impact, Immediately

• Your code ships to production in
  4 weeks
• Your work appears in real commercials

for global brands
- No 18-month roadmaps or features that never launch

Mission That Matters

• You're not building another SaaS dashboard
• You're
  democratizing filmmaking

— giving millions of people creative superpowers
- This is the rare engineering job where
art meets code

Founding Team Position

• Work directly with users (professional filmmakers)
• Make product decisions, not just implement specs
• No bureaucracy

, no middle managers, no politics

Cutting-Edge Learning

• Production-scale generative AI

(Runway, Veo, Kling at volume)
- Creative systems design

(how do you build software that feels like collaborating with a film crew?)
- Prompt engineering as craft

(the new fundamental skill)