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First Engineer

Build an AI video creation platform from concept to v1 launch

As the first technical hire, you will pick the tech stack, make architecture decisions, write code, and own all technical aspects of Mitty's AI video creation platform. Your 90-day goal is to ship v1 of the product, which analyzes existing phone footage, generates ideas from content, and edits footage into finished social-ready videos. You'll work directly with the founder, Devin, with minimal micromanagement and significant autonomy.

Why This Role?

Direct founder access and founding-level equity with real impact from day one

Key Responsibilities

  • Pick the technical stack and make architecture decisions for the AI video platform
  • Write code to build and launch v1 of the product within 90 days
  • Own all technical aspects including ML/AI integration, video processing, and mobile development
  • Work with LLM and vision APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI) to enable AI-driven video understanding and editing
  • Develop iOS-preferred mobile experiences for analyzing and editing phone camera roll content
  • Establish video editing pipelines that transform raw footage into social-ready videos

Requirements

  • Experience with ML/AI and video understanding or computer vision
  • Proficiency in mobile development, with iOS preferred
  • Background in video processing and editing pipelines
  • Comfort wiring up wiring up LLM and vision APIs such as Anthropic and OpenAI
  • Ability to work independently without micromanagement
  • Enjoy solving hard problems and figuring things out through experimentation

Required Skills

machine learningcomputer visionvideo processingllm integrationios developmentsoftware architectureproduct developmentAI/MLMobile DevelopmentVideo Editing

Indonesia Context

Working Hours Overlap:
Flexible — work your own hours
See remote (USD) vs local pay →

Keywords

AI video creationfirst engineerfounding engineervideo editing AImobile AILLM vision APIsproduct v1 launchfounder equity
View Original Description from HN Who is Hiring

Original description from HN Who is Hiring

Mitty | First Engineer| Honolulu, HI or REMOTE | Full-time | Base + Founding equity Hi I’m Devin. Do you love hard problems? Do you find yourself thinking about new ideas on a daily basis? If so, you are the person I’m looking for! Biz overview: Our phones camera rolls have 10,000+ photos and videos… most aren’t good but some are. Mitty analyzes the content, creates the idea from what exists, and edits the footage → presenting you with a finished video to post on social. Pretty neat huh! Well, that’s the idea. Also, hard to pull off, which is why I need you! I'm the founder. You will be the first technical hire and own everything technical — pick the stack, make the architecture calls, write the code, and hopefully stay lead engineer for the life of the company. I’m technical but not good enough. 90-day goal: ship v1. Helpful: ML/AI + video understanding / computer vision; mobile (iOS preferred); video processing/editing pipelines; comfort wiring up LLM + vision APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) and can workout without micro mngmt. What I’m trying to build: category leader in AI video creation around pre existing content (different than opus who is more podcast style), built toward an acquisition or Series B in ~3 years (Adobe, Canva, Meta, Google are the obvious acquirers). Comp: $150k base (or more depending on skill) + performance bonus + founding-level equity scaled to experience. Ps. I don’t expect you to be THE Expert at all of this. Just someone who is good to workout with and likes figuring things out. Role + details: https://mitty.film/careers/first-engineer.html Apply: email Devin@PineappleHi.com — a note plus anything relevant (resume, GitHub, things you've shipped).

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Company
Mitty
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Job Type
full time
Location
Remote · Open worldwide
Category
Seniority
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PostedNew
Jul 1, 2026

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