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Luma AI · 2 weeks ago

Software Engineer - AI Agents

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
date5+ years exp

Luma AI is dedicated to building multimodal AI that enhances human creativity through innovative technology. They are looking for a Software Engineer to architect and develop a novel AI agent system that will redefine creative interaction and deliver scalable products for millions of users.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIVideoVideo Editing
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote
Hiring Manager
Lorenzo Casanova
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Responsibilities

Invent from First Principles: Architect the core of our agentic stack, moving beyond standard patterns to create a truly novel visual reasoning system
Ship Frontier Prototypes: Rapidly prototype and ship breakthrough agentic workflows that explore the absolute edge of creative AI, pushing past the limitations of today's VLMs and RAG systems
Build for Scale & Magic: Own the systems that make these experiences possible, ensuring they are low-latency, high-fidelity, and reliable for millions of creators
Bridge Research to Product: Partner directly with our world-class research and design teams to transform bleeding-edge models into magical, intuitive product experiences

Qualification

AI/LLM frameworksPythonMultimodal systemsBackend systemsSystems scalingCreative prototypingKubernetesDockerRustGoFine-tuningReinforcement learning

Required

5+ years of professional engineering experience OR an equivalent portfolio of advanced, relevant projects
Demonstrated ability to build experiences that cross modalities, with VLMs, diffusion models, or other multimodal systems (speech, video, etc.)
Strong proficiency in Python and a solid understanding of backend systems and databases
Deep experience with AI/LLM frameworks with a track record of pushing beyond their standard functionality

Preferred

Experience in Rust or Go
Experience with fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, etc
Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or modern cloud infrastructure
Background in multimodal systems, especially creative tools involving video or images
Highly Encouraged: Portfolio links, open-source contributions, or notable hackathon projects

Company

Luma AI

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Luma AI develops tools that let users generate photorealistic images and videos from text, image, or video prompts.
dateFounded in 2021
location
Palo Alto, California, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://lumalabs.ai

H1B Sponsorship

Luma AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (10)
2024 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$1.06B
Key Investors
HUMAINAndreessen HorowitzAmplify Partners
2025-11-19Series C· $900M
2024-12-06Series B· $90M
2024-01-09Series B· $43M

Leadership Team

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Amit Jain
Co-Founder
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