Senior Software Engineer, Media Engineering

Ideogram’s mission is to make world-class design accessible to everyone, multiplying human creativity. We build proprietary generative media models and AI native creative workflows, tackling unsolved challenges in graphic design. Our team includes builders with a track record of technology breakthroughs including early research in Diffusion Models, Google’s Imagen, and Imagen Video. We care about design, taste, and craft as much as research and engineering – shipping experiences that creatives actually love.
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We're seeking an experienced backend engineer to join our team as a Senior Software Engineer. You’ll collaborate with exceptional engineers to build cutting-edge AI design experiences that delight millions of users.
Moving fast and shipping to production daily, alongside a strong, supportive team that values pragmatic engineering
Tackling complex technical challenges collaboratively, from scaling distributed systems to enabling new generative media experiences
Shaping our product roadmap and influencing technical direction, standards and team culture
Technical Excellence

• 3+ years developing and shipping large-scale backend systems with proven ability to manage complexity through thoughtful abstractions and scalable design
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
• Experience designing APIs and database schemas that are extensible, performant, and account for real-world read/write workloads
• Track record of writing well-instrumented, reliable code with appropriate metrics, monitoring, and proactive error handling

Experience scoping projects, identifying technical constraints, estimating timelines, and keeping teams on track
Interested in raising the quality bar through mentorship and constructive code reviews
Our backend infrastructure is primarily written in Python and makes use of the following technologies (experience with them is helpful but not strictly required):
Everyone at Ideogram rolls up their sleeves to make our products and our customers successful. Competitive compensation and equity designed to recognize the value and impact of your contributions to Ideogram’s success.

4 weeks of vacation to recharge and explore.

Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage starting on day one.

Autonomy to explore and experiment — whether you’re testing new ideas, running large-scale experiments, or diving into research, you’ll have access to compute/resources you need when there’s a clear business or creative use case. Fully remote flexibility across North America, with regular in-person team meetups and collaboration opportunities.