Head of AI Applied Research

Job Title: Head of Applied AI Research

Salary: $300,000 + Equity

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

Company Overview: Join an early-stage start-up revolutionizing the landscape of video generation technology. With a dynamic team of 30, we are poised for rapid growth and are looking for a Head of Research to lead our cutting-edge efforts bridging research and engineering.

Position Overview: As the Head of Research, you will be a hands-on leader, dedicating 50% of your time to machine learning, 30% to research, and 20% to team management. You will play a pivotal role in uniting our research and engineering teams, supporting the development of research infrastructure, and driving innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Oversee and contribute to our ML initiatives, focusing on training pipelines optimized for multi-GPU setups, parameter sweeps, and quantization.
• Research and Engineering Integration: Lead efforts in enhancing our data ingestion and processing workflows, including head tracking, landmark identification, smoothing, and leveraging ffmpeg.
• Team Development: Manage and mentor a team of researchers and engineers

Qualifications:

• Technical Expertise: Proven experience in a senior technical leadership role with a strong foundation in machine learning.
• Industry Knowledge: Expertise in video generation technologies is highly desirable.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrated success in leading research or engineering teams, with a track record of delivering innovative products.