Remote (Senior or Staff) Backend Engineer, AI tooling

Remote (Senior or Staff) Backend Engineer, AI tooling

Date Posted: 2026-10-03T00:00:00

Location: Wokingham, Berkshire, GB, RG40 1

Application Deadline: 2027-01-01T19:02:05.727

Company Overview

Synthesia is the world's leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.

Team and Responsibilities

The Developer Platform team builds internal tools and platforms that improve the velocity, quality, and developer experience of Synthesia's engineering teams. They own developer productivity (from code commit to production), developer insights and SDLC metrics, developer infrastructure (CI/CD systems), AI-assisted QA/testing, and AI-assisted development. AI Adoption has grown to over 90% of employees, with 100% adoption in engineering in the last 8 months.

You will have significant ownership from day one, working to make Synthesia's engineering processes faster without compromising quality in the AI-driven development landscape. Your responsibilities include:

• Owning the architecture of features, ensuring safe release to customers, and supporting systems long-term


• Leading projects spanning quarters, breaking down complex problems into milestones for iterative validation


• Managing operational health of systems, using data to drive decisions on iteration, maintenance, and deprecation

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience as a software engineer, with 2-3 years in senior/staff roles


• Hands-on experience building and operating developer platforms, CI/CD systems, observability/infrastructure, code quality automation, testing infrastructure, or tooling


• Proven track record of shipping infrastructure or tooling that improved developer velocity or reduced cognitive load


• Experience leading the adoption of AI-powered developer tools across an organization


• Experience in high-performing engineering environments where infrastructure impacts velocity and quality


• Experience integrating third-party services into internal systems with attention to reliability, security, and user experience


• Understanding that platform work directly supports commercial outcomes

About Synthesia

We are passionate about building, not talking, planning, or politicizing. Trusted by brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald's, and more.

AI Technology and Ethics

Since 2017, we've been pioneering advancements in Generative AI, built in-house by a world-class team of researchers and engineers. We prioritize AI safety, ethics, and security as fundamental to our mission. We are committed to responsible AI development and transparency.

Interview Process

Includes a 45-minute call with an Engineering Manager about your past projects, followed by a 90-minute product discovery and implementation exercise with an engineer (not LeetCode-style, in Python).

Location & Employment Details

Preference for roles based in-office or remote within specified locations in Europe. Remote support may be available in other locations across Europe subject to compliance checks. This is a full-time role only — no contractors, usually via OysterHR. Everyone at Synthesia receives 25 days of leave plus local holidays. Visa sponsorship is only provided if you are already in the UK/EU; relocation assistance is not available.

#s1-Gen

Synthesia is the world s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations. The Developer Platform team builds internal tools and platform that improve the velocity, quality and developer experience of Synthesia's engineering teams. They own developer productivity (from code commit to production), developer insights and SDLC metrics, developer infrastructure (CI/CD systems), AI-assisted QA/testing and AI-assisted development. AI Adoption has grown to 90%+ employees with 100% adoption in engineering in the last 8 months. You'll have a big surface area and real ownership from day one into making Synthesia's engineering go faster but with
quality in this day and age of AI-driven development. You will work end-to-end owning the architectural decisions that govern how features are built, released safely to customers, and supported long-term. You will lead projects that span quarters, breaking down complex problems into milestones that can be validated iteratively. You will own the operational health of systems you build and you'll use data to drive decisions about iteration, maintenance, and deprecation. At least seven (7) years of experience as a software engineer, with at least 2-3 years working on senior/staff level Proven hands-on experience building and operating developer platforms, CI/CD systems, observability/metrics infrastructure, code quality automation, testing infrastructure and/or developer tooling. You have previously shipped infrastructure or tooling that measurably improved developer velocity or reduced cognitive load. Previous experience leading the adoption of new AI-powered developer tools or capabilities
across an engineering organization. You have operated in a high-performing engineering organization (scale-up or established) where you've seen how infrastructure choices directly impact team velocity and product quality. Experience integrating third-party services (APIs, SaaS tools, external platforms) into internal systems, with attention to reliability, security, and user experience. Clear understanding that platform and infrastructure work directly enables commercial outcomes. We re living the golden age of AI. At Synthesia we re passionate about building, not talking, planning or politicising. We re trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald s and more. Proprietary AI technology Since 2017, we ve been pioneering advancements in Generative AI. Our AI technology is built in-house, by a team of world-class AI researchers and engineers. Learn more about our AI Research Lab and the team behind. AI Safety, Ethics and Security AI safety, ethics, and
security are fundamental to our mission. While the full scope of Artificial Intelligence's impact on our society is still unfolding, our position is clear: Learn more about our commitments to AI Ethics, Safety & Security . 45min call with an Engineering Manager about your past projects #90min Product Discovery/Implementation, a collaboration exercise with our Engineer (not Leetcode style, in Python). #Our preference is for this role to based either in-office or remote in the following locations: We may also be able to support remote workers in other locations across Europe subject to compliance and right to work checks. This is full-time employment only - no contractors possible - usually through OysterHR. Everyone at Synthesia gets 25 days of leave + local holidays ( no extra paid or unpaid leave possible ). We only sponsor VISA if you are in the UK/EU country already and need support - we do not relocate people.