Video Editor (AI Native)

About the role

HackerRank's Content Studio is building a production function that moves at the speed of ideas. As our Video Editor, you'll own the full post-production process across formats and platforms, from LinkedIn clips and YouTube explainers to event highlights and executive content. This is not a support role. You'll be a creative decision-maker who ships finished work, uses AI tools to compress timelines, and raises the bar on what in-house video can look and feel like.

What you will do

• Edit across formats, including short-form social, long-form YouTube, event recaps, and product content, adapting pacing and energy for each platform without a separate brief.
• Work directly from raw footage, rough briefs, or messy transcripts and make confident creative calls without needing hand-holding.
• Use AI-powered tools (Runway, Descript, Kapwing, Remotion, or equivalents) to reduce turnaround time while maintaining quality.
• Operate in our Bangalore studio with real gear: hi fidelity cameras, VP screen, and broadcast-grade audio. 
• Turn around same-day cuts, respond to async feedback, and move through iterative review cycles without losing momentum.
• Build and maintain a library of reusable templates, motion elements, and brand-consistent MOGRT assets that reduce repeat effort.
• Manage and brief external editors when volume demands it, maintaining quality and consistency across everything that ships.
• Collaborate closely with the Studio Production Manager, Product teams and cross-functional stakeholders to align on goals before the first frame is cut.

Who you are

• You think in stories first and timelines second. The edit is a creative act, not a technical one, for you.
• You're fluent in at least one major NLE (Premiere, DaVinci, CapCut) and know your way around the AI tools that are reshaping post-production and have done this for 2+ years without getting bored. 
• You understand what makes content work on LinkedIn, YouTube, and short-form platforms, and you make format-specific decisions instinctively.
• You work well in tight feedback loops. Iterative cuts, last-minute changes, and async reviewer comments don't break your rhythm.
• You take ownership. If something isn't landing, you flag it and propose a fix rather than waiting to be redirected.
• You communicate clearly with non-editors. You can explain a creative choice without jargon and take direction without losing your point of view.
• You're organized under pressure. Multiple projects, overlapping deadlines, shifting priorities: you have a system and you use it.

Even better if you have

• Light motion graphics or basic animation skills that reduce dependency on external studios.
• Experience shooting or editing executive or thought leadership content, where the story lives in the subtlety.
• Familiarity with Remotion, Claude Code, or other programmatic video tools that push beyond traditional editi…