Software Engineering Manager

Company: Mirage
Location: New York City
Posted on: February 18, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Mirage is the leading AI short-form video company. We’re building full-stack foundation models and products that redefine video creation, production and editing. Over 20 million creators and businesses use Mirage’s products to reach their full creative and commercial potential. We are a rapidly growing team of ambitious, experienced, and devoted engineers, researchers, designers, marketers, and operators based in NYC. As an early member of our team, you’ll have an opportunity to have an outsized impact on our products and our company's culture. Our Products Captions Mirage Studio Our Technology AI Research @ Mirage Mirage Model Announcement Seeing Voices (white-paper) Press Coverage TechCrunch Lenny’s Podcast Forbes AI 50 Fast Company Our Investors We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz , Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more. Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square) We do not work with third-party recruiting agencies, please do not contact us Software Engineering Manager Engineering at Mirage isn’t narrowly defined. As a small, collaborative team, engineers are trusted with a high degree of ownership and agency. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead and grow a world-class team of software engineers while providing clear direction and stability. You’ll be responsible for driving technical excellence, fostering growth and collaboration, and building foundational capabilities across product, infrastructure, and core platforms. Responsibilities Oversee the design and operation of our core platform (3rd party providers, storage, billing, observability, security, API). Provide technical leadership for various product and platform features Improve developer experience so the whole team ships faster Guide efforts that bridge AI research to production across all modalities (video, audio, image, text) Understand the capabilities and limitations of SOTA AI models and how to best leverage them in products Partner with product, design, and research to keep our development tightly aligned with user needs and business objectives What Makes You a Great Fit A track record of building, mentoring, and managing high-performing engineering teams Experience shipping high-impact systems, platforms, and products in production Excellent judgment: you balance technical discernment with a strong sense of practicality and time management Able to operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment, while setting your team up for sustainable success Strong communicator who can inspire and align a multidisciplinary team Even Better If You have worked extensively with LLMs, generative media models, and have a pulse on where the technology is going You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win You have been a startup founder or an early engineer at one Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans 401K with employer match Commuter Benefits Catered lunch multiple days per week Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite! Grubhub subscription Health & Wellness Perks (Talkspace, Kindbody, One Medical subscription, HealthAdvocate, Teladoc) Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month Generous PTO policy Captions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Please note benefits apply to full time employees only. Compensation Range: $250K - $350K

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