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Data Infrastructure Engineer

🏢 Heygen · 📍 Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Toronto
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Position Summary & Responsibilities

About HeyGen

At HeyGen, our mission is to make visual storytelling accessible to all. Over the last decade, visual content has become the preferred method of information creation, consumption, and retention. But the ability to create such content, in particular videos, continues to be costly and challenging to scale. Our ambition is to build technology that equips more people with the power to reach, captivate, and inspire audiences.
Learn more at www.heygen.com.  Visit our Mission and Culture doc here. 

Position Summary:

At HeyGen, we are at the forefront of developing applications powered by our cutting-edge AI research. As a Data Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead the development of fundamental data systems and infrastructure. These systems are essential for powering our innovative applications, including Avatar IV, Photo Avatar, Instant Avatar, Interactive Avatar, and Video Translation. Your role will be crucial in enhancing the efficiency and scalability of these systems, which are vital to HeyGen's success.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain the data infrastructure and systems needed to support our AI applications. Examples include
    • Large scale data acquisition
    • Multi-modal data processing framework and applications
    • Storage and computation efficiency
    • AI model evaluation and productionization infrastructure
  • Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers to understand their computational and data needs and provide efficient solutions.
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends in data infrastructure technologies and advocate for best practices and continuous improvement.
  • Assist in budget planning and management of cloud resources and other infrastructure expenses.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • Proven experience in managing inf
🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Heygen Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Evaluating extreme execution speed, deep AI/video generative intuition, and an owner-operator mentality with zero ego.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Expressing a preference for heavy corporate bureaucracy or lengthy planning cycles over fast experimentation.
  • 2. Coming across as a manager rather than a hands-on doer who can build and ship independently.
  • 3. Lack of deep familiarity with modern generative AI video landscapes and foundational model constraints.
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I have spent my career scaling AI-native products by treating deployment speed as a core feature, and I want to help HeyGen completely redefine the future of human-video communication.

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