Zencastr

The easiest way to record your remote podcast interviews in studio quality

1-10 employees
Founded 2014
Audio
Private Company

Remote-First Company

This company operates with a remote-first culture, allowing team members to work from anywhere.

Open Positions1

Freedom to work where you pleaseFull-TimePodcasting technologyPosted
  • Build and maintain scalable consumer-based applications.
  • Optimize applications for performance in browser and Node.js runtime environments.
  • Design and implement efficient data schemas using SQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
  • Develop, document, and integrate cloud APIs.
  • Execute unit, integration, and load testing to ensure high code quality.
  • Collaborate with engineers, designers, and researchers in an agile environment.
Node.jsSQLGCP+4 more

About Zencastr

Zencastr is redefining how podcasters and video creators capture and produce high-quality audio and video content. You can record remotely with guests in pristine quality, directly from your web browser. The platform records each participant's audio and video locally, ensuring no VoIP compression or dropouts. Once recording is complete, individual tracks upload to the Zencastr cloud and sync to your preferred cloud drive. With AI-powered tools like automatic post-production, transcription, and filler word removal, Zencastr streamlines the entire workflow. You can easily edit audio or video as if you were editing a text document. Zencastr supports up to 4K video and 16-bit 48k WAV audio, making it a robust solution for both beginners and seasoned professionals.

How We Work

Zencastr operates as a fully distributed team, embracing a remote-first culture. You'll find yourself collaborating with world-class engineers, Ph.D.'s, and designers from various locations. The company fosters an environment of innovation, collaboration, and inclusion, believing that technology should empower creators without complicating their process. Zencastr values empowering creators, innovation and simplicity, and is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Engineering at Zencastr

At Zencastr, engineers tackle challenging problems in media processing and AI to deliver a seamless user experience. You will work with cutting-edge technologies to build end-to-end AI systems and core microservices. The team focuses on improving the podcast creation experience through large-scale machine learning, particularly at the intersection of speech processing and user satisfaction. Engineers here are passionate about high-performance applications, evidenced by their work with codecs, encoding, transcoding, media containers, and streaming. You'll engage with complex concepts like H264, VP8, I-frames, P-frames, NALU, SVC, and DTS, and contribute to building efficient video codecs. The team leverages technologies like WebRTC and HTTP/3 to ensure high-quality audio and video delivery.

Why Join Us

  • Empower creators globally by building tools that amplify their voices and simplify content creation.
  • Work in a fully distributed team alongside world-class engineers, Ph.D.'s, and designers.
  • Drive innovation in the podcasting industry by solving unique technical challenges.
  • Receive equity commensurate with your contribution in a profitable company.
  • Enjoy flexibility with 4 weeks of PTO and the freedom to work from anywhere.

Benefits & Perks

  • Equity options.
  • Health insurance.
  • 4 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO).
  • Freedom to work where you please.
  • Office setup budget.
  • Continuing education credits.

Tech Stack

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