Remote Captioning Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Location
Remote (UTC-5) to UTC+2; Africa; Europe; South America; USA
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Remote
Department
Engineering
Compensation
US $170k–200k | Rest of World $95k–140k USD • Offers Equity
We pay competitively based on market data and the scope of each role. Slate offers a strong base salary, meaningful equity, and benefits designed to support your whole self. We share salary ranges upfront in our hiring process because we believe transparency is the foundation of trust.
The Pitch
Slate's product already uses AI across the stack — background removal, active speaker detection, auto-captioning, content suggestions, and image generation — but each of these is its own independent integration. We need a Senior Backend Engineer focused on AI to bring this together: unifying how we integrate models, building the infrastructure that makes AI features reliable at scale, and helping us move faster on the next wave of AI-powered capabilities.
What You'll Actually Do
Build the AI platform layer
Design and build the shared infrastructure for AI integrations across Slates backend: model routing, prompt management, response caching, fallback handling, and cost observability
Refactor existing one-off AI integrations (background removal, captioning, etc.) onto a unified platform
Own the reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency of Slates AI systems
Enable new AI features
Work closely with the AI Product Engineer and product team to bring new AI capabilities to production
Build the backend systems that power real-time AI features — handling streaming, async processing, and latency constraints
Evaluate and integrate new models and APIs as they become available
Raise the quality bar
Define evaluation frameworks and monitoring to track AI feature quality over time
Build systems to detect and alert on model regressions or degraded outputs
Ensure AI features meet the same reliability bar as the rest of Slates infrastructure
You'd Be a Great Fit If
You have the experience:
5+ years of backend engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production systems
Hands‐on experience integrating and operating LLMs or ML models at scale
Strong systems thinking — you design for reliability, observability, and cost from the start
You've done work like this before:
Built shared AI infrastructure used by multiple teams or features
Designed async processing pipelines for ML workloads
Worked with OpenAI, Anthropic, Replicate, or similar APIs in production
You work the way we work:
You own the outcomes, not just the tasks
You communicate clearly and raise issues early
You use AI tools in your own workflow and think about how to apply them to hard engineering problems
Tech Stack
Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, OpenAI / Anthropic APIs, Replicate
The Details
Location:
Remote, anywhere from EST (UTC-5) to UTC+2
Reporting to:
Maciej Kucharek, Head of Engineering
Compensation:
US $170k–200k | Rest of World $95k–140k USD + equity
Benefits
Equity options
Unlimited PTO (we actually take it)
$200/month wellness stipend
Health insurance stipend
Home office budget
About Slate
Slate is the creative workspace for brand social teams. We help teams create and ship on-brand content fast with an all-in-one editor, built-in asset management, and seamless creative file workflows, backed by hands‐on support from people who have done the job. Teams across top sports leagues and global brands like Amazon and Hoka use Slate every day to elevate their social presence.
Note: We do not sponsor work visas.
Slate is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of background, identity, or experience.
Compensation Range: $95K - $200K
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