- Company Name
- Lumina platforms
- Job Title
- Principal Software Engineer, Platform
- Job Description
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About the Role ~
At Lumina Platforms, we’re reimagining the future of content creation — blending intuitive design, powerful editing tools, and AI-native capabilities into a single seamless, agentic, co-creative experience. Our platform will empower creators, marketers, and teams to produce professional-grade video content with unprecedented ease, speed, and intelligence.
We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to play a lead role in building this next-generation platform. You’ll be at the heart of our technical architecture — shaping the core experience while anticipating how AI will transform video tooling in the coming years.
What You’ll Do ~
Lead architecture and development of our interactive video creation platform
Design and implement performant systems for real-time video editing, animation, and rendering
Collaborate with product and design to bring a fluid, intelligent, canvas-like creative experience to life
Stay ahead of the curve in emerging AI and video tech, helping us build not just for now, but for what’s next
Set high standards for code quality, performance, scalability, and team collaboration
Prototype and integrate AI-powered features such as:
Smart editing suggestions
Auto-generated captions, voiceovers, or transitions
Dynamic scene assembly or auto-layout tools
What You Bring ~
Technical Expertise
7+ years of software engineering experience, ideally across both frontend and backend
Deep experience with React, TypeScript and custom rendering (Canvas/WebGL/WebGPU)
Experience working with Rust and Python stacks
Experience building creative or design tools (e.g., video editors, animation UIs, timelines)
Strong systems thinking, capable of owning complex technical decisions across the stack
AI-Forward Thinking
Familiarity with current and emerging AI/ML trends in video and media
Foundation models, generative video/image (e.g., Stability, Runway, OpenAI, etc.)
Transcription and speech-to-text (e.g., Whisper, Deepgram)
Vector embeddings, retrieval-augmented generation, or on-device inference
Curiosity and imagination around how AI can amplify creativity, not just automate tasks
Nice to Have
Experience with FFmpeg, media pipelines, GPU compute, or cloud rendering infrastructure
Knowledge of WebRTC, WebSockets, or real-time collaboration tooling
Open-source contributions in creative tech, media processing, or AI frameworks
Why Join Us? ~
Lead the platform — you’ll have a pivotal role in defining how the entire product works
Work on bleeding-edge tech at the intersection of creativity, video, and AI
Join a small, high-caliber team with a product-first mindset and design obsession
High impact, strong ownership, and equity upside in a fast-growing space
Help shape a product that could empower millions to tell better stories
How to Apply ~
Tell us a bit about yourself — what drives you as a builder and how you think AI will shape the future of creative tools. Send along:
Your portfolio or projects you’ve worked on (personal or professional)
GitHub, LinkedIn, or anything else you’d like to share
