At Krea, we are building next-generation AI creative tools.
We're dedicated to making AI intuitive and controllable for creatives - our mission is to build tools that empower human creativity, not replace it. We believe AI is a new medium that allows us to express ourselves through various formats - text, images, video, sound, and even 3D. We're building better, smarter, and more controllable tools to harness this medium. We recently took this a step forward with the launch of Krea 2, our first foundation model, built completely from scratch for aesthetic diversity and stylistic control.
We've raised over $83M and are backed by world-class investors such as a16z, Bain Capital, and Abstract. We work full-time and in-person at our waterfront office in San Francisco. We care about creativity: our team includes musicians, designers, visual artists, and engineers.
We're looking for a product engineer to help take sub-products already driving significant revenue and make them more robust, while shipping new product surfaces for our creative users. You'd work primarily in SvelteKit (React experience also fine), touching Postgres/Redis/ClickHouse, with occasional reach into Python ML inference on GPU clusters and our multi-cloud k8s setup as needed.
What you'll doBuild real-time collaboration and canvas tooling (e.g. WebGL2/WebGPU for our node-based tools & CRDTs)
Ship durable execution for long-running workflows and public APIs (OpenAPI docs auto-generated from Zod schemas)
Reach into Python ML inference on GPU clusters and our multi-cloud k8s setup as features require it
Own cross-service metrics, tracing, and observability for the features you ship
4+ years of experience, ideally with 1+ years contributing to a product with millions of users
Real, significant Svelte or React experience - this isn't a pure-backend role
Strong first-principles thinking and product sense over attachment to any specific framework
Comfort owning things end-to-end, from idea to shipped, measured impact
Clear written and verbal communication
Taste - a strong, well-developed point of view on what good creative work looks like
Nice to have
Python/PyTorch or GPU-backed ML inference experience
A creative background (design, art, architecture, or similar)
SvelteKit, TypeScript, Python, Postgres (AWS Aurora), Redis, ClickHouse, Docker, Kubernetes, FluxCD
Team: Work alongside a world-class team building the future of AI creative tooling
Impact: Significant scope and company-wide impact
Competitive compensation: generous salary & equity packages
Health & wellness: 100% health & 99% dental/vision insurance premiums covered for employees, health FSA accounts, & long-term disability coverage
Time off: Flexible PTO policy
Financial planning: 401k with a 4% company-sponsored match
Meals in the office: breakfast, lunch, dinner - you name it, we'll cover it
Transit: Ubers covered to & from the office
Sponsorship: We're open to sponsoring international visas where we can (e.g., STEM OPT, OPT, H-1B, O-1, E-3).
And more!
Please note the above benefits & perks are for full-time employees
Skills Required
- 4+ years of software engineering experience
- Significant experience with Svelte or React
- Strong first-principles thinking and product sense
- Ability to own work end-to-end from idea through shipped, measured impact
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Strong, well-developed point of view on quality creative work
- Experience contributing to a product with millions of users for at least one year
- Python, PyTorch, or GPU-backed ML inference experience
- Creative background in design, art, architecture, or similar
What We Do
Krea is a generative AI creative platform offering AI tools for creatives to generate, edit, and enhance images, video, and 3D content. It uses artificial intelligence to generate visuals tailored to unique styles, concepts, or products.
