Senior Software Engineer, GTM
About The Position
OpenArt is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its engineering team to turn fast-moving market trends into products. The role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and go-to-market, identifying emerging generative AI opportunities, prototyping ideas, and shipping experiences. The engineer will contribute to OpenArt Agent and other core products, help build and evolve OpenArt Arena, and evaluate image and video generation models to inform product capabilities and user experiences. This is a highly product-oriented role requiring close collaboration with product, design, and GTM, and the ability to move quickly from market signal to prototype to production. The position is based in San Carlos, California, with hybrid options available. Visa sponsorship is available.
Requirements
- 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience shipping production software.
- Strong proficiency with React and Next.js, including the ability to build polished product experiences end to end.
- Experience integrating AI models or APIs into products used by real users.
- Strong product instincts and the ability to identify worthwhile opportunities without waiting for a detailed specification.
- Ability to move quickly from an ambiguous idea to a working prototype, and from prototype to reliable production software.
- Genuine interest in generative AI, creative tools, and the evolving image and video model ecosystem.
- A strong AI-assisted coding practice, using tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor as a core part of development and having informed opinions about their effectiveness.
- Clear communication skills, including explaining what was built, why it matters, and the trade-offs involved.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience with image or video generation models.
- Experience designing or running model evaluations, benchmarks, or comparison systems.
- Experience building AI-powered creative products, agent experiences, or consumer applications.
- Familiarity with product analytics, experimentation, or growth-oriented product development.
- Strong visual and interaction design instincts.
- Startup experience or experience taking a product from 0 to 1; side projects count.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and iteration of OpenArt Agent and other OpenArt products.
- Build and evolve OpenArt Arena, creating intuitive experiences for discovering, comparing, and evaluating generative AI models.
- Partner with product, design, and GTM to turn emerging market trends into compelling product capabilities.
- Evaluate video and image generation models across quality, capabilities, reliability, and real-world use cases.
- Rapidly prototype and ship projects inspired by new models, technologies, creative formats, and shifts in user behavior.
- Build polished, production-ready frontend experiences in React and Next.js, end to end.
- Use product data and user feedback to determine what to improve, expand, or move on from.
- Make pragmatic trade-offs between speed, correctness, and scalability, and communicate them clearly.
Benefits
- Meaningful equity ownership in what you build.
- High-autonomy, high-growth environment.
- Visa sponsorship available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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