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Company brief · updated 2026-10-18

Synthesia

synthesia.eu

34open roles
11new in 30 days
21closed in 30 days
32remote-eligible
steadyhiring velocity

What they're building

Presales (solutions engineering) build-out across DACH, France and Southern EMEA, and New York City and Austin strong signal

Today: "AI video platform for business" (Solutions Engineer - German Speaker posting), selling Studio, Roleplay Sessions and Interactive Avatars

Roles: Solutions Engineer - German Speaker · Senior Solutions Engineer - German Speaker · Senior Solutions Engineer - French Speaker · Solutions Engineer - French Speaker · Solutions Engineering Manager · Solutions Engineering Manager

Requirements mention: demo methodologies · Command of the Message · API and SDK integrations · MEDDPICC · pre-sales

Inference: presales coverage is being set up in several regions at once. There are two Solutions Engineering Manager roles, in New York City and Austin, plus German- and French-speaking engineers in Germany and Paris.

Real-time Interactive Avatar API for developers strong signal

Today: "Interactive Avatars listen, talk, and respond in real time" (Product Manager, Interactive Avatars posting)

Roles: Product Manager, Interactive Avatars (Staff/Principal-level) · Principal/Staff Software Engineer · Principal Product Marketing Manager, API · Research Scientist - Interactive Avatars · Staff Research Scientist- Interactive Avatars · Staff Research Engineer - Interactive Avatars · Senior Research Engineer - Interactive Avatars

Requirements mention: developer-facing API · real-time avatar stack · Interactive Avatar API · video diffusion models · low-latency inference

Inference: the roles point to a developer-facing avatar API, alongside the research team that builds the underlying interactive video models.

Roleplay Sessions and a practice-focused new product bet moderate signal

Today: "Synthesia Roleplay Sessions is a training tool that lets people practice real conversations with AI avatars" (Machine Learning Engineer / ML Engineer - Roleplay Sessions posting)

Roles: Product Manager, New Product Bet (Principal-level) · Machine Learning Engineer / ML Engineer - Roleplay Sessions

Requirements mention: zero-to-one product development · agentic or AI-powered products · AI coach · instant feedback

Inference: the New Product Bet posting describes a real-time practice experience that gives organizations "signal on readiness", which suggests practice and assessment alongside video content.

Enterprise governance, admin and compliance surface moderate signal

Today: "Synthesia's AI video platform at scale" (Product Designer, Enterprise posting), with workspace setup and governance named in both Enterprise postings

Roles: Product Designer, Enterprise (Staff-level / L6) · Product Manager, Enterprise (Senior/Staff-level)

Requirements mention: workspace setup and governance · compliance controls · audit log · SSO · SCIM

Inference: the two Enterprise roles suggest work on admin controls for large deployments.

Revenue and post-sales operations: sales strategy, deal desk and customer success moderate signal

Today: "Synthesia is the world's leading AI video platform for business" (Director, Sales Strategy and Operations posting), with Customer Success, Professional Services, Support & Moderation named as teams in the Director, Customer Success Strategy and Operations posting

Roles: Director, Sales Strategy and Operations · Senior Deal Strategy Specialist · Deal Strategy Specialist · Director, Customer Success Strategy and Operations · Strategic Customer Success Manager - London · Strategic Customer Success Manager - Italian Speaking

Requirements mention: territory, quota, and comp · deal structuring · ASC 606 · renewal forecasting · predictive retention modeling

Inference: the director roles point to an operating process covering forecasting, territory planning, deal structuring and renewal forecasting. The strategic CSM roles are open in London and, for Italian speakers, in Europe.

Application and cloud security engineering moderate signal

Today: "AI video platform used by over 90% of the Fortune 100" (SecOps Security Engineer posting)

Roles: SecOps Security Engineer (Staff-level, L6) · Application Security Engineering Manager

Requirements mention: Cloud security engineering · Kubernetes security · threat modelling · AI-generated code · vulnerability management

Inference: the two security roles cover cloud infrastructure, detection and response, and security for AI-assisted development.

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Commercial11
Marketing7
Product5
Research and Development5
Engineering4
Operations2

Of 47 open roles, Commercial is largest at 19, then Research and Development and Marketing at 8 each, Product at 6, Engineering at 5 and Operations at 1, with 12 roles opened in the last 30 days.

Who they need

Seniority: Senior 15, staff 8, principal 6, manager 6, director 3, mid 7, junior 1, unknown 1.

Skills named most: MEDDPICC, Command of the Message, forecasting, Salesforce, Studio, Roleplay Sessions, Interactive Avatars, API and SDK integrations, Python, PyTorch, diffusion models, LMS

Locations: London 13, Europe 12, New York City 8, Germany 4, Paris 2, Seattle 2, UK Remote 2, Austin 1, Remote 1, US Remote 1, Munich 1. 45 of 47 roles are marked remote. The Munich Sales Development Representative is marked not remote, and one Austin role has no remote value given.

How to use this

If you're applying: Apply to the Solutions Engineer and Interactive Avatars roles if the posting's language, MEDDPICC, or Python and PyTorch requirements match your experience. Check the remote and location line first, since the Munich role is onsite.

If you're selling or recruiting: Call about the presales build-out in DACH, France, New York City and Austin, where 6 roles are open, and about the 19 Commercial roles overall.

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Open roles (34)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Staff/Principal Developer AdvocateEngineeringSeattle2026-10-23
Product Designer, AI-Native Products (Staff-Level / L6)ProductEurope (remote)2026-10-22
Senior People PartnerOperationsLondon (remote)2026-10-21
Strategic Customer Success ManagerCommercialLondon (remote)2026-10-21
Solutions Engineer - German SpeakerCommercialGermany (remote)2026-10-14
Senior Solutions Engineer - German SpeakerCommercialGermany (remote)2026-10-14
Senior Solutions Engineer - French Speaker CommercialParis (remote)2026-10-13
Solutions Engineer - French Speaker CommercialParis (remote)2026-10-12
Staff Research Scientist- Interactive AvatarsResearch and DevelopmentEurope (remote)2026-10-06
Product Manager, New Product Bet (Principal-level)ProductLondon (remote)2026-09-28
Senior Engineering ManagerEngineeringEurope (remote)2026-09-28
Product Manager, Interactive Avatars (Staff/Principal-level) ProductLondon (remote)2026-10-22
Solutions Engineering Manager CommercialNew York City (remote)2026-09-09
Solutions Engineering Manager CommercialAustin2026-09-09
Principal/Staff Software EngineerEngineeringSeattle (remote)2026-08-27
Principal Product Marketing Manager, APIMarketingLondon (remote)2026-08-26
Head of Product MarketingMarketingLondon (remote)2026-08-26
Senior Commercial Counsel OperationsNew York City (remote)2026-08-25
SecOps Security Engineer (Staff-level, L6) EngineeringUS Remote (remote)2026-08-25
Marketing General ApplicationMarketingLondon (remote)2026-08-25
Product Designer, Enterprise (Staff-level / L6) ProductLondon (remote)2026-10-22
Product Manager, Enterprise (Senior/Staff-level)ProductLondon (remote)2026-08-05
Staff Research Engineer - Multimodal Generative ModellingResearch and DevelopmentEurope (remote)2026-07-17
Principal Product Marketing ManagerMarketingLondon (remote)2026-06-22
Enterprise Account Executive DACHCommercialGermany (remote)2026-06-11
SEO ManagerMarketingLondon (remote)2026-06-10
Principal Applied Research EngineerResearch and DevelopmentEurope (remote)2026-05-22
Senior Deal Strategy SpecialistCommercialLondon (remote)2026-05-12
Principal ML Platform EngineerResearch and DevelopmentEurope (remote)2026-04-08
Senior Brand Designer, ExperientialMarketingEurope (remote)2026-03-26
Senior Brand Designer, ExperientialMarketingUK Remote (remote)2026-03-13
Staff Research Engineer - Interactive AvatarsResearch and DevelopmentEurope (remote)2026-01-12
Strategic Account ExecutiveCommercialNew York City (remote)2024-04-04
Enterprise Account ExecutiveCommercialNew York City (remote)2024-03-27