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$102,693–$287,488/yr
Global

  • Drive applied research into novel view synthesis and Gaussian splatting for efficient 3D streaming.
  • Quickly develop proof-of-concepts and transition experiments to production-ready code.
  • Own end-to-end customer outcomes by translating customer needs into innovative technology solutions.

Python

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$170,000–$220,000/yr
US

  • Build and train generative 3D models that turn intent into manufacturable geometry across implicit, latent and B-rep targets.
  • Put physics in the loop with differentiable simulation and physics-driven optimization of generated shapes.
  • Own the training pipeline end to end and lead the research practice that decides what ships.

MimoLabs creates Mimo, an agentic system that designs geometry, simulates manufacturability, and routes production for physical objects. We are a small, VC-funded technical team based in Detroit and remote across the US.

$135,000–$200,000/yr
US 6w PTO

  • Conduct research and develop algorithms for camera calibration, registration, and 3D reconstruction from imagery.
  • Contribute to open source software such as TeleSculptor, KWIVER, and Danesfield.
  • Publish findings, collaborate with researchers, and present results to customers and at top conferences.

Kitware is a research and development software company that advances science and shares results across healthcare, national security, and advanced computing. The company is 100% employee-owned and fosters a collaborative, flexible culture where employees take meaningful ownership of their work.

$204,800–$290,000/yr
North America Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Lead ambitious research in computer vision, multimodal understanding, and visual generation.
  • Bridge cutting-edge research to practical product improvements.
  • Mentor scientists and set technical direction for high-impact AI.

Webflow is an agentic web marketing platform that helps marketing teams build, manage, and optimize high-performing web experiences. It is a fast-moving, growing company that values grit, craft, and quality, offering equity and comprehensive benefits.

$150,000–$200,000/yr
US

  • Take whole projects end to end: scope, build, ship and own them.
  • Build across the stack: UI, API, data model and long-running jobs.
  • Make 3D in the browser fast and correct on real-world models.

MimoLabs builds Mimo, an agentic system for making physical things, from design to production across 3D printing, CNC, and laser cutting. They are a VC-funded, experienced technical team based at Newlab in Detroit and remote across the US.

$150,000–$350,000/yr
Global

  • Build inference systems powering RL research, scaling toward 1–3T parameter models on NVL72 clusters.
  • Optimize rollout throughput, multi-node MoE inference, and weight-update overhead for long-horizon agents.
  • Collaborate with model researchers on architecture choices balancing model quality and execution cost.

Prime Intellect is building the open superintelligence stack, unifying compute, environments, and deployment for frontier-scale AI post-training. Backed by $150M in funding, the team is mission-driven and hard-working, focused on accelerating open AI research.

Global

  • Licence existing works from your personal/studio archives for a flat fee
  • Technical processing including rendering, layering, and preparing files to our data specifications
  • In some cases, making variations to scenes and re-rendering

Prolific is building the biggest pool of quality human data in the world. Over 35,000 AI developers, researchers, and organizations use our platform to gather data from paid participants with diverse experiences, knowledge, and skills.

US Singapore

  • Work with subject-matter experts to create synthetic tasks for training AI agents across a range of professional and technical domains.
  • Design synthetic task-generation methods that produce diverse, realistic and learnable tasks.
  • Build systems and tooling to mutate, validate and improve synthetic tasks.

They build reliable, fair and open infrastructure for AI training data. The company is backed by Y Combinator, used by startups and Fortune 500, and scaling quickly.

US

  • Drive evolution of visualization capabilities, serving as technical advisor and innovation leader.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, develop proof-of-concepts and MVPs, and guide adoption.
  • Mentor visualization artists and collaborate with IT, design technology, and BIM teams.

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve complex challenges and build legacies. We are a global team of over 50,000 professionals delivering projects that create positive impact worldwide.

$150,000–$300,000/yr
Global

  • Build simulation and real-world environments for training and evaluating embodied agents.
  • Train long-horizon robots with RL, imitation learning, and world models under hardware constraints.
  • Run post-training experiments to find what works and share reusable open-source systems.

Prime Intellect builds the open superintelligence stack, making frontier AI infrastructure available to ambitious AI teams. With $150M in funding from top investors, they are a well-funded startup focused on open-source AI and decentralized training.

Global

  • Distributed pretraining: Implement and optimize model-parallel training on heterogeneous GPUs under low-bandwidth, high-latency links.
  • Performance optimization: Apply techniques that reduce communication overhead while maintaining model convergence in challenging network environments.
  • Elasticity and fault tolerance: Build robust checkpointing and recovery so runs survive node churn as participants join and leave.

Pluralis Research is a decentralized AI research company developing Protocol Learning to train large models on consumer devices across the internet. The team is world-class and deeply technical, backed by tier-1 investors, with a remote-first culture.

Global

  • Audit existing art, design, and production workflows to identify where AI can accelerate work without compromising craft, quality, or creativity.
  • Prototype, evaluate, and integrate AI tools into pipelines, setting clear guardrails for when and when not to use them.
  • Partner with artists, designers, and engineers to iterate on tooling while helping champion a forward-looking AI vision for studio work.

Sunblink is a game development studio focused on creating character-driven and cozy/social game experiences. The team values creativity, craft, and transparency, encouraging diverse applicants and championing thoughtful AI integration in production.

Asia

  • Design and execute experiments in reasoning model training, post-training alignment, test-time scaling, and systematic model evaluation for crypto-native applications.
  • Review and synthesize recent academic literature from NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and ACL to inform ongoing research directions in reasoning, alignment, and agentic AI.
  • Implement model variants and evaluation protocols using PyTorch and the Hugging Face ecosystem, tracking experiments with Weights & Biases.

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries, the company has a flat, results-driven culture and focuses on increasing the freedom of money and financial access worldwide.

US 4w PTO 14w maternity 14w paternity

  • Build tutorials, demo apps, and videos on building with Render, focusing on AI applications and agents.
  • Own Render templates and the render-examples GitHub org, ensuring all shipped code deploys and runs.
  • Build agent skills, automation, and internal tools, and set technical direction for DX Engineering.

Render is building a developer-friendly cloud platform for AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications. Trusted by over 7 million developers, our diverse team values craft, velocity, and user experience.

Hungary

  • Label image data for training object recognition models
  • Program data acquisition pipelines in Python or C++
  • Develop frontend in Three.js, design 3D props in Blender/Omniverse, and administer Linux servers

We are a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group, providing IT and telecommunications services to large customers in Germany and Europe. With over 5,300 employees across four Hungarian sites, we are recognized as Hungary's most attractive employer and continuously develop our technology and talent.

$358,000–$367,500/yr
US Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Lead concepting, design, and execution on high-profile projects across brand, product, and AI video.
  • Mentor designers through reviews and feedback, while working hands-on as an individual contributor.
  • Partner with the Executive Creative Director to uphold design standards and visual identity.

Otherlife is MoonPay's creative studio, designing brand identities and digital experiences for companies like Mastercard and Coinbase. With a high-standards, high-velocity culture, they are part of MoonPay, which has been recognized as a top best place to work.

North America

  • Own complex customer engagements and deliver geospatial analyses that drive real operational impact.
  • Mentor teammates, set team standards, and use AI-assisted workflows to scale our impact.
  • Lead technical work that turns customer needs into product proposals and prototypes.

Overstory uses AI and satellite imagery to help utilities prevent wildfires and outages by pinpointing vegetation risks. We are a remote, mission-driven team of about 100 people across the Americas and Europe.

$150,000–$350,000/yr
Global

  • Build and extend pretraining code to scale experiments into full training runs.
  • Evaluate model architecture changes and optimize training throughput and resilience.
  • Run controlled ablations and collaborate with data and evaluation researchers.

Prime Intellect is building an open superintelligence stack, providing the infrastructure and platform for frontier AI training and deployment. The company has raised $150M from top investors and boasts a mission-driven team working to decentralize AI.

US

  • Dive into cutting-edge research challenges in autonomy, such as 3D perception and world models.
  • Contribute to breakthroughs that directly shape the future of autonomous vehicle technology.
  • Collaborate with industry leaders in a remote-first environment with a focus on innovation.

Stack develops revolutionary AI and autonomous systems to enhance safety and efficiency in trucking. As an early-stage startup, they foster a culture of inclusion, entrepreneurship, and innovation with a small team.

US 4w PTO 14w maternity 14w paternity

  • Own content gap analysis using AEO benchmarks, citation tracking, and AI agent traffic data.
  • Build and improve the AI-assisted content factory on Render Workflows, testing changes with evals.
  • Partner with docs owners and external partners to expand coverage and track visibility metrics.

Render builds a developer-first cloud platform for AI-native applications, with persistent compute, autoscaling, and observability. Trusted by 7 million developers, the team values craft and velocity, with $260M in total funding.

$250,000–$400,000/yr
North America

  • Build and improve pipelines to parse clinical documents into validated executable modules.
  • Design and refine target representations for clinical guideline logic.
  • Develop deterministic validators using static analysis to make ambiguity explicit.

This healthtech team is building a production compiler that converts clinical standards into structured, executable decision logic. The team size is not specified, but the role emphasizes collaboration with clinicians and technical colleagues.