Job Description
Creative Technology Engineer (Remote, Full-Time)
Company : Origin
Location : Remote (Global) — must overlap with U.S. West Coast (Pacific Time) hours for a portion of the workday; Expectation of periodic travel to the United States (several times annually) for team meetings.
Employment Type : Full-Time (Independent Contractor; Will Consider W2 For US Applicants)
Compensation Range Annually (as in Independent Contractor) : $85,000 – $105,000 USD
About Origin
Origin is a multi award-winning provider of creative solutions and services for media buyers, creative teams and brands who want to transform conventional CTV ad creatives into powerful, personal and provocative advertising experiences.
Already trusted as the full service CTV partner for brands including Macy’s, Visit Florida, Toyota and the State of California, demand for Origin’s unified full service offering is growing by almost 100% year over year.
Founded by advertising veterans Stephen Strong and Fred Godfrey, Origin is driven by the belief that winning viewers today requires breaking free from how it was done yesterday.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Creative Technology Engineer with a strong backend foundation and a creative, systems-thinking mindset. This role will work closely with our Head of Studio and Product Manager to help execute the product roadmap for creative technology — building the infrastructure and services that power our video, creative, and AI-driven workflows.
This is a 100% remote role , open to candidates globally. Candidates must be able to overlap with U.S. West Coast (Pacific Time) hours for part of the workday to collaborate with the core team.
What You'll Be Doing
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that support Origin’s creative technology platform.
- Work extensively with Go (Golang) as the primary backend language.
- Integrate backend systems with frontend and creative tooling (HTML and related technologies).
- Connect multiple services, workflows, and data sources into cohesive systems.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Studio, Product, and Design teams to translate creative ideas into scalable technical solutions.
- Explore, evaluate, and integrate AI technologies to enhance creative workflows and automation.
- Contribute to infrastructure, deployment, and scalability efforts as needed.
What We're Looking For
Required Experience
- 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
- Solid, hands‑on experience with Go / Golang.
- Working knowledge of HTML and how frontend and backend systems interact.
- Experience across multiple programming languages and environments.
- Strong ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them pragmatically.
- Comfort “connecting the dots” across systems, services, and teams.
Nice To Have
- Experience with AI technologies (e.g., LLM APIs, automation, creative AI tools).
- Working knowledge of React and modern JavaScript frameworks for building web applications.
- Infrastructure experience (cloud platforms, CI/CD, containerization, scalability).
- Familiarity with video editing concepts and workflows (e.g., encoding, transcoding, creative pipelines, editorial tools).
Working Style & Collaboration
- Fully remote, globally distributed team.
- Must be able to overlap several hours per day with Pacific Time for meetings and collaboration.
- High‑ownership role with close collaboration across creative, product, and engineering.
Why Join Origin
- Work at the intersection of creative, video, and technology.
- Build systems that directly power real‑world advertising and storytelling at scale.
- Collaborate closely with senior leadership and shape the future of Origin’s creative technology platform.
- Flexible, remote‑first environment with a focus on impact and innovation.
APPLICATION
- Full Name * First Name Last Name
- Email Address *
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- LinkedIn Profile URL
- Upload Your Resume (PDF or DOCX) * Upload a File Drag and drop files here
- Tell us about a system you built that connected multiple services or workflows (e.g., backend APIs, creative tools, data sources, or automation). What problem were you solving, and how did you design it to stay flexible as requirements changed? *
- In Go, how do you typically structure a backend service that needs to integrate with both frontend tools (HTML/JS) and downstream services (e.g., media processing, AI APIs)? What patterns have you found work well—and what have you learned to avoid? *
- Have you integrated AI or automation into a production workflow before? If so, what was the use case, how did you evaluate reliability vs. experimentation, and what would you do differently next time? *
- Tell us about a backend system you shipped that broke after launch. What failed, how did you diagnose it, and what did you change in the system as a result? *