Software Engineer, Video

Substack

full-time

Posted on: 9/5/2025

Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $175,000 - $215,000 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

FFmpegJavaScriptNode.jsPostgresPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

Develop the core Substack product for readers and writers across APIs, low-level services, databases, frontend UI, and testing.
Work on live streaming, video recording, uploading, clipping, and all video product experiences.
Support and collaborate with engineers, designers, writers, support staff, and others.
Own work from product concept through implementation, experimentation, and measurement.
Work directly with customers to solve their problems and participate in customer support.
Use TypeScript, Node/Express, React, and Postgres; learn or apply these technologies.

5+ years of non-internship professional full stack web software development using Node.js.
Have a degree in Computer Science or have the equivalent industry experience.
Independent and autonomous; ability to own work and be a leader.
Proficiency with video processing frameworks and libraries such as FFmpeg.
Proficiency with Python.
Experience with workflow systems such as Temporal is an advantage.
Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences.
Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers while bringing our own unique experience and background to the team.
Believe in Substack’s mission to build a better business model for writing.