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  • Clanx
  • Bengaluru, KA
  • Full-Time
  • 39 days ago
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Senior Backend Engineer (Go, Rust, Python, TS) - Bengaluru.

Software Engineering & Dev Full-Time
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Senior Backend Engineer (Go, Rust, Python, TS) - Bengaluru: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a senior backend engineer building systems for browser-based video editing and media processing.
  • The Person:The person will own backend systems for exports, proxy generation, media preprocessing, analysis, and agent-powered editing, while designing APIs, building reliable workflows, and improving performance and reliability.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 3+ years of backend engineering experience, strong experience owning and operating production backend systems, and experience with TypeScript, Go, Rust, or Python.

About the role

Join Cardboard as a Senior Backend Engineer and own the systems powering browser-based video editing, including media processing, exports, proxies, analysis, and agent-powered editing.

Company Details
Cardboard is building the future of storytelling and video editing through an AI-powered browser-based video editor. The team is backed by a Tier-1 global fund, YC, and founders of billion-dollar companies. Website: https://www.usecardboard.com

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as a backend engineer

  • Strong experience owning and operating production backend systems.

  • Strong understanding of state management, queues, workers, storage, databases, and service contracts.

  • Experience designing scalable APIs and backend services.

  • Ability to design reliable systems for long-running and asynchronous workflows.

  • Strong problem-solving and end-to-end ownership.

  • Experience with one or more of TypeScript, Go, Rust, or Python.

  • Ability to translate product requirements into practical backend architecture.

  • Strong understanding of performance, reliability, and operational simplicity.

  • Interest in media processing, video infrastructure, and creative tools.

  • Bonus: Deep FFmpeg or GStreamer experience.

  • Bonus: Knowledge of video codecs and formats such as ProRes, H.264/H.265, BRAW, R3D, and DNx.

Responsibilities

  • Own backend systems for video exports, proxy generation, media preprocessing, analysis, and agent-powered editing.

  • Design and maintain APIs and state contracts across the browser, workers, storage, and database.

  • Build reliable workflows for uploads, processing jobs, exports, progress tracking, and recovery.

  • Improve performance and reliability of long-running media workflows.

  • Design systems that remain simple and operable as projects, files, and usage scale.

  • Work closely with founders and engineers to solve complex video infrastructure problems.

  • Turn product goals such as faster exports and instant-feeling uploads into robust backend systems.

Job Details
Bengaluru, India

Interview Process

  • Recruiter Screen

  • Backend Technical Interview

  • System Design Interview

  • Coding Interview

  • Founder Interview

Important Note
ClanX is a recruitment partner, helping Cardboard hire Senior Backend Engineer.

Published August 26, 2026
Location Bengaluru, India
Category Software Engineering & Dev  
Job Type Full-Time  

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