Wondercraft

Canva for Audio

Head of Engineering

$80K - $135K / 0.75% - 1.50%
Location
London, England, GB
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
3+ years
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Youssef Rizk
Youssef Rizk
Founder

About the role

We are looking for a head of engineering to lead the overall architecture and design of our product. Specifically, the role is for someone who:

  • Is a prolific programmer
  • Is well versed in all aspects of our tech stack, from our cloud infrastructure to our backend design and our front-end application
  • Can build a scalable (enough) infrastructure to support our current workloads, yet flexible enough to be improved and refactored down the line
  • Is able to make decisions quickly. We value speed of execution with a working product more than anything

Additionally, we are looking for someone who is:

  • Ready to join the mission of a small team taking on a big industry
  • Interested in AI advancements
  • Excited about the space of podcasts
  • Interested in advancing the boundaries of Audio AI
  • A plus, but not required to have experience in interacting programmatically with media files

What’s in it for you?

  • At Wondercraft, everyone wins. We believe in creating positive-sum outcomes in all interactions we have, internally and externally.
  • At Wondercraft, you have the chance to really make a difference by getting your hands dirty and building something rapidly. We believe in building magic at lightning speed. We’ve been proud to ship quality features every single week, and we intend to only increase this pace even further.
  • At Wondercraft, you have the chance to grow. Working in a small team means you are working directly with the Founders. Regardless of your career aspirations, you would have so much to learn from Wondercraft.
  • Wondercraft is one of the fastest growing AI companies, especially in the Text-to-Speech space and will soon be raising a Series A round. Joining now gives you the opportunity to get equity at a very meaningful value.

Plus some on-the-job benefits:

  • Salary range $80k - $135k depending on how much you have to bring to the table. We are keen to compensate for the value you create!
  • Equity range 0.75% - 1.5% again depending on how much you have to bring to the table.
  • Private health insurance so that we can take care of your physical health.
  • Take-what-you-need holiday as the life in a startup can be intense, and we believe maintaining a work-life balance is important.
  • Hybrid working. We would prefer to all work together in our office in central London because we believe face-to-face contact time is essential for us growing together a team. That said, we don’t mind if you work from home one or two days a week.

About Wondercraft

What we do

Wondercraft is revolutionising the podcast industry through leveraging hyperrealistic AI voices. Instead of having to purchase expensive recording equipments, creating a podcast becomes as simple as typing in content. Our podcast builder allows our users to publish a podcast in a few minutes. Try our web app out yourself!

Here are a few more notable use-cases:

  1. The Hacker News Recap: Top 10 posts on HN daily in less than 20’
  2. PG Essays: All Paul Graham’s essays in audio form
  3. Coindesk’s Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: Biggest Crypto publication using Wondercraft

Our Vision

Provide broader access to content is the mission here at Wondercraft, and we are only scratching the surface. We want to ensure that all content is consumable by everyone to level the playing field, regardless of the medium of information or the language spoken. To this end, we have published an AI podcast translation feature, allowing users to translate their generated podcasts to another language in minutes, while maintaining the sound and intonation of the speaker. A few more exciting features are still baking in the oven, and we need your help to make them a reality.

Funding

Wondercraft is a seed-stage startup, founded by two ex-Palantir software engineers in early 2023, backed by YC at pre-seed and other institutional investors at seed-stage.

Team

Wondercraft has a diverse global team of 6, comprised of Imperial and Cambridge alumni.

Wondercraft
Founded:2023
Team Size:8
Location:London, United Kingdom
Founders
Dimitris Nikolaou
Dimitris Nikolaou
Founder
Youssef Rizk
Youssef Rizk
Founder