AI Video Generation Architect

Role Description

We need an experienced, hands-on, AI-native engineer to build a brand new, state-of-the-art generative pipeline that turns specifications into high-quality instructional videos — complete with animations, synchronized AI narration, captions, and automated ground-truth quality verification. You will own the video render path end to end, from the canonical specification to the final rendered output, creating intuitive, powerful tools that will directly support educators and students every day.

Key Responsibilities

Architect the video generation pipeline end to end.

Design the gen-AI pipeline that transforms lesson specifications into storyboards, scene graphs, scripts, and production plans.

Ship multiple substantial features per week.

Build the multi-agent production workflow.

Engineer the video generation pipeline.

Build the ground-truth quality system.

Architect resilient, high-scale media infrastructure.

Raise the bar for the team.

Qualifications

You are AI-native.

You are a programmatic media craftsperson.

You treat quality as a measurable system.

You are self-directed.

You love to learn.

You want to shape the world.

Requirements

Experience building real backend AI orchestration layers.

Experience with a programmatic animation framework (e.g. Manim, Remotion / Motion Canvas).

Strong FFmpeg fundamentals.

Experience handling sensitive and/or confidential data, particularly in an education context (COPPA, CIPA, FERPA, PPRA, SOC 2).

Benefits

Salaried position: $170,000-$200,000 gross salary per year.

Employer-sponsored health insurance through CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.

Employer-sponsored dental and vision insurance through MetLife.

Participation in Vanguard 403(b) deferred-compensation plan with 3% employer match.

Paid Time Off, inclusive of: vacation/PTO (20 days), paid holidays, paid parental leave, sick and safe paid time off, "Me Days", and the ability to earn paid Comp time off.

Annual budget for MCP-funded Continuous Learning for the program(s) you request (available after 6 months of continuous full-time employment).

FSA and Dependent Care FSA access.

1x Salary Life Insurance company-paid coverage.

Access to Wishbone Pet Insurance Benefit.

Ability to work remotely and to set your own hours (within reason).