Engineering Manager at Unscript AI · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 8 - 15 years · Raised funding · Posted 20 Dec 2022

Do you love leading a team of engineers, coding up new products, and making sure that they work well together? If so, this is the job for you.
As an Engineering Manager in Unscript, you'll be responsible for managing a team of engineers who are focused on developing new products. You'll be able to apply your strong engineering background as well as your experience with large-scale development projects in the past.
You'll also be able to act as Product Owner (we know it's not your job but you'll have to do this :) ) and make sure that the team is working towards the right goals.
Being the Engineering Manager at Unscript means owning up to all things—from technical issues to product decisions—and being comfortable with taking responsibility for everything from hiring and training new hires, to making sure you get the best out of every individual.
About Us:
UnScript uses AI to create videos that were never shot. Our technology saves brands thousands of dollars spent in hiring influencers/actors, shooting videos with them. UnScript was founded by distinguished alums from IIT, with exemplary backgrounds in business and technology. UnScript has raised two rounds of funding from global VCs with Peter Thiel(Co-founder, Paypal) and Ried Hoffman ( Co-founder, Linkedin) as investors.
Required Qualifications:
- B.Tech or higher in Computer Science from a premier institute. (We are willing to waive this requirement if you are an exceptional programmer).
- Building scalable & performant web systems with clear focus on reusable modules.
- You are comfortable in a high paced environment and can respond to urgent (and at times ambiguous) requests
- Ability to translate fuzzy business problems into technical problems & come up with design, estimates, planning, execution & deliver the solution independently.
- Knowledge in AWS or other cloud Infra.
The Team:
Unscript was started by Ritwika Chowdhury. Our team brings experience from other foremost institutions like IIT Kharagpur, Microsoft Research, IIT Bombay, IIIT, BCG etc. We are thrilled to be backed by some of the world's largest VC firms and angel investors.

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Increase conversion through studio-quality AI videos in the face and voice of influencers of your choice.
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UnScript uses AI to create videos that were never shot. Our technology saves brands thousands of dollars spent in hiring influencers/actors, shooting videos with them. UnScript was founded by distinguished alums from IIT, with exemplary backgrounds in business and technology. UnScript has raised two rounds of funding from global VCs with Peter Thiel(Co-founder, Paypal) and Ried Hoffman ( Co-founder, Linkedin) as investors.
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