Post Production Automation Engineer
Job Overview
⚡ POST-PRODUCTION BUILDER WANTED
Post-Production Automation Engineer
Build the systems that make our creative team superhuman.
📇 Role: Post-Production Automation Engineer
📍 Location: Los Angeles, CA (Remote-Friendly)
💰 Compensation: $120,000–$160,000
👤 Reports to: VP of Post-Production
🚀 About TubeScience
TubeScience is a data-driven creative studio producing performance advertising at massive scale — and we’re growing fast. We’re looking for a Post-Production Automation Engineer to be the most technically sophisticated person on our post team.
💡 The Role
This is a builder role — for someone genuinely excited about where AI and automation are taking Post-Production. You’ll own our automation and AI roadmap from day one, with the autonomy to identify problems and ship solutions without waiting to be asked. You are the product lead, the architect, and the builder — all in one.
🎬 What You’ll Own
🤖 Automation & AI Engineering
Architect end-to-end automation across ingest, QC, editing, delivery, and archival
Deploy LLMs, generative video platforms, and intelligent metadata/tagging systems
Design agent-based workflows that eliminate manual effort
Evaluate emerging AI tooling and own build-vs-buy decisions
🏗️ Systems Architecture & Integration
Own our Iconik MAM: custom actions, metadata schemas, transcoding, and API integrations
Build REST API and webhook integrations across post tools and third-party platforms
Develop automation pipelines in n8n, Make, or Zapier — or go custom in Python/JS
Design for resilience: logging, error handling, alerting, and monitoring
💻 Scripting & Tool Development
Write production-grade Python and JS/Node.js scripts across Adobe Creative Suite
Build internal tools that give editors superpowers without exposing the complexity
Build and maintain Adobe CEP/UXP panels inside the tools editors already use
🔬 R&D & Proactive Improvement
Audit the post pipeline for bottlenecks before the team surfaces them
Prototype emerging tech — AI, ML, new codecs, cloud-native media workflows
Own the Post-Production tooling roadmap with minimal oversight
🤝 Collaboration & Documentation
Translate Post-Production creative needs into precise technical requirements
Align with core engineering on infrastructure, deployment, and architecture
Document every system thoroughly so the team can run it confidently
Serve as final escalation for complex technical issues the post team can’t resolve
🧬 What We’re Looking For
4–6+ years in post-production engineering or workflow automation — high-volume advertising or broadcast preferred
Strong Python and/or JavaScript/Node.js — clean, production-grade code
Proven REST API integration experience with solid edge-case handling
Expert-level Iconik MAM experience strongly preferred
Hands-on with LLMs, generative AI, and orchestration tools (n8n, Make, Zapier or equivalent)
Deep fluency in codecs, containers, color pipelines, and shared storage (e.g. LucidLink)
Adobe Creative Suite scripting experience — CEP/UXP panel dev a strong plus
Working knowledge of AWS or Google Cloud and cloud-native media workflows
Genuine passion for post-production and excitement about transforming it with technology
➕ Bonus Points
Experience with AI video generation tools (Runway, Veo, Sora) in production
Background in high-volume performance advertising or broadcast
Multi-step agentic pipeline design or large-scale workflow orchestration
Open-source contributions in the media/post-production space
Experience with data pipelines or BI tooling connected to production metadata
✨ Benefits
🩺 Health, Vision & Dental coverage
🧳 Unlimited PTO
💰 401(k) + Matching
💗 Life Insurance
🤒 Paid Sick Days
👶 Paid Parental Leave