EU remote
Senior Engineering Manager, Agents Platform
About this role
Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.
Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow. About the role Lead the delivery of complex engineering projects focused on driving user acquisition, activation, and revenue growth.
Break down initiatives into manageable stages with predictable timelines, making clear trade-offs between speed, experimentation, and long-term scalability. Partner closely with product and data to prioritize high-impact work and maximize business outcomes. Understand engineering levelling and scale the team by identifying and filling skill gaps, particularly in areas like experimentation, performance, and conversion optimization.
Collaborate with recruiting to attract and retain top talent aligned with Growth’s fast-paced, outcome-driven environment. Monitor team performance proactively, ensuring strong execution and continuous improvement. Support engineers in delivering measurable impact and developing their careers through ownership of key growth metrics. Navigate difficult conversations with clarity and empathy, especially when balancing business urgency with technical quality.
Foster a collaborative, high-velocity team culture aligned with company goals. Team you would be leading – Agents Platform The Agents Platform team is responsible for building a highly reliable platform that has consistent uptime, low latency, and extensive support for model types and voice types. This team will own and build the repeatable platform layer that other teams can build their products on top of. This work will be done in close collaboration with R&D to productionise their work and in close collaboration with the wider Product org cover their immediate needs.