DigitalFish, Inc - Software Developer, Avid/Adobe Premiere Plugins (Panel + REST API)

Client: DigitalFish, Inc

Location: Remote

Contract: Contract, Freelance

Job Description

At DigitalFish, our mission is to help our customers derive transformative value across their organizations by building next-generation technologies that define the future of digital-media creation and consumption for millions of users. We partner with leading digital media companies and focus on building a new generation of platforms and experiences, including collaborations with Apple, Google, Meta, Disney, DreamWorks, Activision, Technicolor, ESPN, LEGO, NASA, and others.

What You’ll Do

• Work with editors and artists to understand requirements and desired workflow.
• Consult with engineering to assess backend capabilities and API integration points.
• Design and build a Premiere panel (CEP, UXP bonus) or Avid panel/plugin (Panel SDK, AVX2, or AMA) with a modern, responsive UI.
• Implement secure API integration for search and media retrieval (REST + JSON).
• Manage authentication (OAuth or token-based) and local caching of remote assets.
• Handle media import: download or stream clips, create subclips, and insert them into active sequences or bins.
• Ensure robust error handling, offline tolerance, and smooth user experience.
• Package and sign the plugin across Windows and macOS versions.
• Collaborate with backend and design teams to maintain and extend the plugin as platform capabilities grow.

Who You Are

• BS degree in Computer Science or related fields.
• Professional experience building and shipping Premiere Pro and/or Avid Media Composer plugins.
• For Premiere: solid understanding of CEP (UXP is a bonus) panel API, Premiere DOM, and ExtendScript or modern JavaScript.
• For Avid: solid understanding of Panel SDK, AVX2, or AMA plugin development.
• Proficiency in web integration: REST APIs, async JS, JSON parsing, authentication.
• Familiarity with video import, proxies, subclips, and metadata management in pro NLEs.
• Experience delivering cross-platform plugin packages, signing, and deployment.
• Great communicator, able to explain ideas clearly to both engineers and artists.
• Ability to iterate concepts rapidly, given input from target users and product managers.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

Compensation & Benefits

• The pay offered will consider internal parity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.
• Opportunity for continued feature development and maintenance.
• Flexible working environment and more!