# Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure at Luma AI

- Company: Luma AI
- What the company does: Luma AI is the creative AI platform for video generation and image creation. Powered by the world's leading video generation models, Ray and Uni, and creative agents handling end-to-end workflows. Trusted by leading agencies and brands. Try it free. Backed by General Catalyst, a16z and CRV.
- Company website: https://lumalabs.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Redwood City, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $170K to $360K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lumaai/d424c5fd-3135-460e-a50d-ed941f51e80b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/luma-ai-software-engineer-data-infrastructure/

## About the role

As a Data Infrastructure Engineer in Research at Luma, you will play a critical role in building and scaling the data infrastructure that supports our cutting-edge multimodal AI systems. Your work will focus on developing high-throughput, large-scale data processing pipelines tailored for machine learning research and internal ML platform needs.

## What they're looking for

- Proficiency in Python (or similar languages with willingness to learn Python) and experience with large-scale, high-throughput data infrastructure
- Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Ray, Spark, Beam)
- Ability to design and optimize data pipelines for ML research and internal teams
- Strong problem-solving skills and understanding of data engineering at scale
- Collaborative, product-focused mindset, comfortable in fast-paced environments
- Experience sourcing, integrating, and optimizing data from diverse and large datasets

Tags: Research & AI