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HeyGen· HQ in United States

Applied AI Engineer, Video Agent

Location: San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Toronto · Category: Engineering & Development · Seniority: Mid-Level · USD180,000 – USD240,000 / yearly · Posted: October 2, 2026 · Verified: Nov 12, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This role builds and improves HeyGen's Video Agent, an AI system that turns prompts into finished videos by planning storyboards, writing scripts, and calling tools. The engineer will design agent tools and prompts, build evals and offline replays to measure quality, and ship features across the stack using TypeScript, React, Python, and Go. The role requires 2+ years of professional experience, a proven track record of shipping AI agents used by real people, and strong product sense.
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AI software for avatar-based video creation and localisation.

Headquarters: United States

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