Founding Filmmaker

You'll be Weave's first filmmaker. You tell the story of how the best engineering teams turn into software factories. Customers, dinners, stunts, ads, podcasts, and the AI startups building what's next.

If it moves on a screen, it's yours. Every piece should get watched. Every piece should get us pipeline.

About Weave

Weave is the engineering platform for the AI era. We help engineering teams understand how they work and get better. No vanity metrics. No surveillance.

• 200+ customers, including Robinhood, Rho, and Browserbase

• Double-digit month-over-month revenue growth

• $13.5M Series A from Standard Capital, Y Combinator, Moonfire, Burst Capital, IrregEx, and the Agent Fund

• Three products: Engineering Intelligence, Weave Router, and Token Intelligence

• Small, in-person team in San Francisco

You'll work directly with Adam (CEO), Andrew (CTO), and Brennan (GTM). Real ownership from day one.

What you'll do

• Make customers the hero. Shoot case studies with the teams that run on Weave. Turn one interview into a 3-minute film and 10 clips.

• Show the inside. Days in the life of engineers, founders, and our own team. Real work. No stock footage.

• Film our dinners. Capture the CTO dinners and events we run. Cut recaps that make people want the next invite.

• Shoot the stunts. Wooly, the token jar, whatever comes next. Plan the shot list, run camera, ship cuts within 24 hours.

• Go deep on the frontier. Sit down with the most advanced AI startups. Learn how they build. Make the series engineers binge.

• Make the ads. Creative for Meta, Google, and LinkedIn. Concept, shoot, edit, test, and double down on what converts.

• Own every length. 15-second clips to hour-long episodes, across X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

Who you are

You've made video people chose to watch. You have the reel to prove it.

Must-haves

• You've shot and edited work that performed. Show us the numbers.

• You know what makes a clip travel on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok.

• You move fast. Shoot today, ship tomorrow.

• You want to be in the office in SF, 5 days a week.

Nice-to-haves

• Interest in developer tools, AI, or engineers as an audience

• An audience of your own that you grew

• Early-stage startup experience

Comp and benefits

• $120,000 to $180,000 salary plus early equity

• A real gear and production budget

• Health, vision, and dental covered

• Free lunch, dinners, and snacks

• Yearly team offsite and regular team events

• $500 yearly learning and development stipend

How to apply

Skip the cover letter. Send us your reel and the numbers behind your best piece.

1. 15-minute intro call

2. Take-home: pitch three Weave video series, with one sample cut

3. 30 minutes with the Brennan

4. 30 minutes with Adam (CEO)

5. Paid 2 to 5 day work trial: shoot and ship a real piece

The Founding Filmmaker will create video that explains Weave and its customers, from documentary-style stories and event coverage to social content and paid ads. The role spans concepting, filming, editing, and testing creative across multiple formats and channels, with a stated focus on audience engagement and pipeline contribution.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Film customer case studies and develop interviews into a feature video and shorter clips.
• Create documentary-style profiles of engineers, founders, and the Weave team.
• Capture company dinners and events, then produce recap videos.
• Plan and film stunts, including shot lists and camera work, and deliver edits on a fast turnaround.
• Develop a video series about advanced AI startups and how they build.
• Concept, shoot, edit, and test ads for Meta, Google, and LinkedIn.
• Create and adapt videos ranging from short clips to hour-long episodes for social and video channels.

Good fit signals

• Has a reel demonstrating video work that earned viewership and can share performance numbers.
• Understands what helps video spread on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok.
• Can move from filming to delivery quickly, including next-day turnaround.
• Wants to work from the San Francisco office five days each week.
• Interest in developer tools, AI, or engineering audiences, an independently grown audience, or early-stage startup experience would be helpful.