Software Engineer - Clipchamp

Software engineer: Shaping the future of video

Clipchamp is the go-to video platform with one simple mission: to empower anyone to tell stories worth sharing. Since 2016 we’ve attracted over seventeen million registered users globally and counting, and that’s only the beginning. We've now joined Microsoft's Office Product Group (OPG). 
  
Building and maintaining strong connections across location and time is critical in the world we live in, and the emotional power of media – video, audio, and photos – makes it perfect for fostering personal connections and sharing information.  
  
Our in-browser platform gives users access to professional video editing tools and features alongside a one million asset-strong stock library and hundreds of editable video templates. We're the video platform that's built with everyday editors and creators in mind. 
 
About the Team 
  
While Clipchamp is predominantly based in Australia, Office Product Group is a global team with offices in five countries. Joining Clipchamp means you'll join a team of colleagues who live all around the world. We’re committed to each team member feeling connected, regardless of where they work and live.  
 
Clipchamp’s Technical Stack 
 
Our video editing experience lives completely in-browser, which means pushing the boundaries of what web technologies can do. We hold a high bar for performance and user experience and invest in unique technologies like in-browser file caching, video composition, and video encoders.  
 
Our frontend codebase is built on React, TypeScript, WebAssembly, ServiceWorkers, and WebGL. On the backend we use Python and are introducing C# for native apps and services. We deploy code to production daily, supported by a culture of automated testing and our dedicated engineering productivity team.  
 

Who we’re looking for: 

• 3+ years demonstrated experience in frontend or full stack development. 
  
• Proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript and experience with web app development using frameworks like React, Vue, Gatsby or Next.js. 
  
• Experience with headless CMSes like Contentful. 
  
• Passion for learning new skills with the ability to thrive in a feedback-driven environment. 
  
• Someone who drives collaboration in your own team and across squads - you're able to consider others ideas, implement new methods, surface and resolve disagreements and empathize with users without breaking a sweat. 
    
  

Bonus points if you love: 

• Learning new languages and APIs 
  
• Optimising performance and tracking down and fixing customer-facing issues 
  
• Online video and contributing to the technically challenging problems we’re solving 
  
• Maxing out what browsers can do, that’s what we’re about! We were told you can’t build a video editing platform in browser, including encoding the final video – but we did! 
   

Please note: All new employees of Clipchamp will be required to partake in a background check. 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

As a Software Engineer you will be: 

• Expanding your knowledge of React, Typescript, Python, and cutting-edge web technologies 
• Developing solutions including new product features, content plugins, or APIs 
• Learning from customer feedback, running experiments, measuring and optimising performance 
• Working with product managers, growth hackers, designers, and other developers to contribute ideas and plan the team’s roadmap 
• Accelerating your career in a truly innovative and global engineering team