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  • Develop and scale latent video diffusion models for human-centric video generation.
  • Lead end-to-end applied research and engineering projects from hypothesis to production.
  • Optimize distributed training and inference for large-scale deployment.

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Europe

  • Produce high-performing video ads for Meta and TikTok using AI generation tools and advanced editing.
  • Turn scripts and briefs into polished UGC, VSL, and short-form creatives at high volume.
  • Experiment with AI footage, avatars, and motion graphics, iterating based on performance insights.

This role is with a partner company hiring through Jobgether, focusing on AI-driven video advertising for paid social platforms. The company emphasizes a fast-paced, execution-first culture with strong emphasis on creative testing and iteration.

Europe

  • Define and execute the research strategy for core AI intelligence, including reasoning, planning, memory, and context representation.
  • Lead technical decisions on model architecture, balancing proprietary solutions with state-of-the-art models.
  • Establish and oversee AI alignment, safety, and guardrail strategies to ensure responsible system behavior.

This company develops an advanced AI platform to automate complex digital workflows. They are a small, highly experienced team with a fast-moving culture focused on cutting-edge machine learning.

US UK Unlimited PTO

  • Design and optimize training and post-training pipelines for large language models.
  • Improve model quality through supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, and evaluation.
  • Build PyTorch-based training infrastructure and optimize distributed training across multi-GPU environments.

Lightning AI builds an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems, founded in 2019. They are a global company with offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, backed by major venture capital firms, and foster a builder culture that values urgency, ownership, and open communication.

$216,125–$262,438/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Generative media synthesis: building the models behind features like Video Regenerate, lipsync, and video translation — photorealistic video and audio synthesis as production research, not demos.
  • Zero-shot voice and roomtone cloning: realistic cloning from only a few minutes of reference audio.
  • Multimodal understanding: vision-language systems that let Descript's agentic editing features reason over visual and audio content, plus the evals that balance quality against cost and latency.

Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI. They are a team of 150 with backing from top investors, and each new employee has a measurable influence on the company's direction.

$249,600–$299,500/yr
US

  • Serve as technical lead for the Scene Generation team, setting technical direction and priorities.
  • Implement and guide the team in applying the latest advances in Neural Rendering and generative models.
  • Mentor engineers, drive alignment across teams, and own the neural rendering framework end to end.

Torc has been a leader in autonomous driving since 2007, commercializing solutions for automated trucks. Now part of the Daimler family, the company focuses on developing software for automated freight trucks, with a collaborative, energetic, and team-focused culture.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Lead the technical vision for a scalable AI media production platform, architecting generative AI systems for precision and reproducibility.
  • Design and deploy modular, version-controlled image and video generation pipelines, integrating advanced control techniques like ControlNet and LoRA training.
  • Collaborate with creative leaders to build user-friendly workflows that empower non-technical teams to produce high-quality AI-powered content.

Jobgether uses AI-powered matching to connect candidates with job opportunities. This role is for a partner company building a next-generation AI media production platform, with a dynamic international team focused on innovation and collaboration.

US

  • Create concise 4–6-minute narrated screen-recording lessons demonstrating practical generative AI workflows for college-level learners.
  • Use tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Copilot to demonstrate real-world professional applications.
  • Produce high-quality screen captures with clear voice narration and perform light video editing as needed.

This partner company focuses on creating accessible, practical educational content around real-world generative AI applications. The team works asynchronously with independent contractors, offering flexible project-based collaboration.

Global

  • Deploy LLMs into production across GPU infrastructure, owning the full pipeline from customer query to served response.
  • Stand up and operate serving infrastructure using vLLM, SGLang, or TensorRT-LLM.
  • Apply quantization, batching, caching, and routing to optimize latency and cost at scale.

vCluster Labs is a venture-backed tech startup pioneering Kubernetes virtualization for the AI era, enabling AI Cloud providers and AI factories to operate GPU infrastructure with hyperscaler-like experiences. We raised over $30M from top-tier VCs like Khosla Ventures, are in a hyper-growth phase, and maintain a remote-first, distributed global team with headquarters in San Francisco.

Unlimited PTO

  • Build the environments and verifiers our models train against
  • Own the synthetic data pipeline, from generation through quality gates
  • Ship models into production and keep improving them on real usage

LiveKit builds the infrastructure layer for the voice-driven era of computing, enabling developers to build, deploy, and scale voice AI applications. Founded in 2021, they power voice AI for major companies and have a small, senior team that values craft and creativity.

Europe

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of AI engineers, fostering a culture of ownership and engineering excellence.
  • Define the technical vision and architectural direction of the AI product, ensuring high standards for performance and scalability.
  • Contribute hands-on to the design and optimization of production AI systems, including model serving and inference pipelines.

The partner company is developing a cutting-edge AI platform that powers innovative products at scale. They foster a collaborative, remote-first environment and focus on engineering excellence.

Poland

  • Designing, building, and deploying AI and Generative AI solutions like LLM-powered applications and chatbots.
  • Developing and optimizing prompt engineering strategies and RAG pipelines using vector databases.
  • Integrating AI models into cloud-based applications and implementing agent-based workflows.

Software Mind develops solutions that make an impact for companies around the globe, working with tech giants and unicorns on transformative projects. Our culture embraces openness, respect, grit, and guts, combining employment with enjoyment in cross-functional engineering teams.

US Unlimited PTO

  • You will work directly within client environments, translating real operational needs into production-ready AI systems rather than proof-of-concept solutions.
  • The role spans technical discovery, architecture, software development, deployment, optimization, and ongoing delivery ownership.
  • You will design and build RAG systems, agentic AI workflows, backend services, and cloud-native architectures that operate at enterprise scale.

Jobgether uses an AI-powered matching process to connect candidates with roles at partner companies. They operate remotely and focus on efficient, fair hiring through automated shortlisting, with a commitment to data privacy and human oversight in final decisions.

$62,748–$98,604/yr
Portugal Unlimited PTO

  • Own core computer vision models from 3D human pose to body modeling, shipping them to production.
  • Manage the full data lifecycle including training frameworks, annotation workflows, and evaluation pipelines.
  • Extend movement understanding into multimodal AI and automate model training and deployment systems.

Sword is building AI to heal billions, pioneering an AI-native care platform that delivers personalized, connected healthcare without traditional barriers. Backed by $500M and with over 1 million members and 2,000+ enterprise clients, Sword is a fast-growing frontier AI lab with a culture of clinical rigor and AI fluency.

Global

  • Design, develop, train, and evaluate machine learning models for interpreting complete CT studies.
  • Research foundation-model approaches for medical imaging, including 3D and volumetric learning at large scale.
  • Develop vision-language models connecting medical images with radiologist terminology and reporting patterns.

Our partner is a research-driven team building next-generation AI models to understand complete CT studies. They work with a dataset of approximately 10 million patients and collaborate with fellowship-trained radiologists across multiple specialties.

Global

  • Develop new vegetation intelligence products using geospatial Python and ML/DL techniques.
  • Maintain and improve existing products through data exploration and model optimization.
  • Lead projects end-to-end, from planning through delivery, and communicate value to stakeholders.

The company uses AI and advanced satellite imagery to help utilities prevent wildfires and power outages by identifying vegetation risks. The team spans the Americas and Europe, fostering a mission-driven culture.

Europe

  • Own the AI architecture across Flip Fusion, Ask AI agent gateway, and Flip Flows.
  • Lead and grow a team of three AI engineers, staying hands-on with the hardest problems.
  • Shape a young AI engineering discipline with enormous design space and no inherited playbook.

Flip is the leading AI-powered employee experience platform for frontline workers in retail, manufacturing, and logistics. The company is a young tech company with a relaxed working atmosphere and highly motivated people.

Global

  • Explore emerging AI tools and build practical workflows for everyday use.
  • Create on-camera video lessons, tutorials, and live workshops for a global audience.
  • Answer learner questions and provide actionable feedback to help them apply AI effectively.

The Rundown is a fast-growing remote media and education company focused on helping people turn AI into practical, everyday skills. They operate with a small, entrepreneurial team that encourages experimentation, ownership, and continuous learning in a dynamic environment.

US

  • Design engaging visual assets for social media, digital campaigns, presentations, and branding initiatives.
  • Produce AI-generated and AI-assisted video content for brand storytelling and promotional campaigns.
  • Develop layouts, templates, and design systems using Figma and other professional design tools.

Our partner is a creative team focused on shaping the future of digital content through design and artificial intelligence. They foster a collaborative, innovation-driven environment that values creativity, experimentation, and professional growth.

Canada

  • Build and evolve the services that capture, ingest, and process meeting audio, video, metadata, and real-time events.
  • Design systems that remain reliable across changing network conditions, platform behaviour, permissions, media formats, and third-party APIs.
  • Develop tooling and observability that make complex recording failures easier to detect, diagnose, reproduce, and resolve.

Fellow is an AI meeting assistant that helps teams record, transcribe, summarise, and act on their meetings. We are a Series A company backed by Craft Ventures, iNovia Capital, and Felicis Ventures, and our culture values speed, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Canada

  • Edit and produce high-quality video content for social media, marketing, and digital platforms.
  • Create AI-generated video content using platforms like Runway, Kling, Veo, and HeyGen.
  • Combine AI-generated assets with traditional footage and add finishing elements to enhance engagement.

Our partner is a company seeking a creative video professional to combine traditional editing with AI-powered tools. They offer a fully remote, flexible environment and exposure to emerging AI technologies.