Tech Lead, HeyGen Labs
About HeyGen
At HeyGen, our mission is to make visual storytelling accessible to all. Over the last decade, visual content has become the preferred method of information creation, consumption, and retention. But the ability to create such content, in particular videos, continues to be costly and challenging to scale. Our ambition is to build technology that equips more people with the power to reach, captivate, and inspire audiences.
Learn more at www.heygen.com. Visit our Mission and Culture doc here.
We’re seeking an experienced and passionate Technical Lead to collaborate with founders closely to drive our most high potential innovation - Interactive Avatar - the visual interface of realtime AI solutions powered by the most cutting-edge AI from HeyGen that is revolutionizing various use cases including online education, learning and development, customer support, sales and so on. As the Technical Lead, you will spearhead the technical roadmap and product engineering leading a lean elite engineer team, working directly with founders, business partners, researchers to deliver a world class product experience and set the standard for the next generation of softwares.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a team of software engineers to develop HeyGen’s Interactive Avatar platform.
- Drive end-to-end development—from architecture, latency optimization to front end user experience.
- Own the quality of real-time streaming performance across API, web and mobile surfaces.
- Work closely with infra teams to integrate state-of-the-art text, speech and video generation technologies.
- Foster a strong engineering culture emphasizing velocity, ownership, and collaboration, lead by example.
- Establish technical direction, conduct design reviews, and mentor engineers across the org.
- 7+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.
- Proven experience building and scaling real-time interactive systems, such as voice / video chat, live customer support, or virtual agents.
- Strong background in full-stack development (Node.js, Python, React) and experience with real-time media (WebRTC, streaming, low-latency APIs).
- Familiarity with deploying models in production—particularly those related to speech, vision, or conversational AI.
- Strong communication and organizational skills; able to work fluidly with cross-functional teams.
- Experience working in fast-paced startup environments with distributed teams.
- Prior experience with avatars, virtual assistants, or generative media.
- Exposure to LLMs (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini) and prompt orchestration pipelines.
- Startup founder or early-stage builder mindset, hungry for winning.
- Be part of one of the fastest-growing companies at the intersection of AI and media.
- Work with a team of world-class researchers, engineers, and creatives.
- Work with founders directly for massive impact
- Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits.
Base Salary Range
$240,000 – 280,000 annually
Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. HeyGen considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity, as well as location, market and business considerations when extending an offer. As part of our total rewards package, HeyGen offers comprehensive benefits including a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, a parental leave program and emotional health resources.
HeyGen is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Join us at HeyGen and be part of a team that's reshaping the world of video creation through innovative technology!
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