Software Engineer, LiveAvatar
HeyGen
About this role
HeyGen is hiring an experienced software engineer as a founding engineer to help build LiveAvatar, a realtime visual AI interface that enables interactive avatar experiences across education, customer support, and sales. The role works closely with founders to shape product direction and deliver a world-class visual storytelling platform powered by HeyGen’s AI. This position is aimed at driving the next generation of web-based AI products and scaling them for broad customer adoption.
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About HeyGen
heygen.comHeyGen is an AI video creation platform that turns text, images, or audio into finished videos with narration, captions, visuals, and animations. It provides text-to-video tools, customizable templates, and lifelike AI presenters to rapidly produce marketing, training, and social content. Users can generate multilingual voiceovers and polished edits without studio equipment, speeding up content production workflows. HeyGen targets creators and businesses looking for fast, scalable video production via an easy web app (and enterprise integrations).
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About HeyGen
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$190k – $250k
per year