Gen AI Innovation Specialist (Brahma)

DNEG; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading visual effects company based in London is seeking a Gen AI Innovation Specialist to identify and evaluate cutting-edge technologies while collaborating across creative and research teams to implement innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in generative models, Python, and ComfyUI, and will be adept at managing large datasets and collaborating with developers. This role offers a dynamic environment fostering creativity and technological advancement.

Benefits

Inclusive work environment

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Professional experience in generative models with video applications.
• Experience in implementing tools in custom pipelines and workflows.
• Understanding of hyperparameters tuning effects.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate GenAI technologies and workflows.
• Prototype proof-of-concept implementations.
• Present research findings to developers and creatives.

Skills

Testing and training photoreal generative models

Setting up testing environments for model inference

Managing large training datasets

Python/PyTorch knowledge

Collaboration with developers

Proficient in ComfyUI

Research skills

Tools

ComfyUI

Conda

git

Job description

Overview

Position at DNEG

Brahma is a pioneering enterprise AI company developing Astras, AI-native products built to help enterprises and creators innovate at scale. Brahma enables teams to break creative bottlenecks, accelerate storytelling, and deliver standout content with speed and efficiency. Part of the DNEG Group, Brahma brings together Hollywood's leading creative technologists, innovators in AI and Generative AI, and thought leaders in the ethical creation of AI content.

Gen AI Innovation specialists are experts in Audiovisual Generative AI with active engagement in its surrounding communities. They are responsible for identifying and evaluating cutting edge technologies and workflows, across both open and closed-source ecosystems, and independently prototyping POC implementations aligned with the company's needs.

This team operates at the intersection of research and product/creative teams. Functioning as an applied extension of the research group, they follow research sprints serving as the first point of contact for implementing and testing in-house developments. While leveraging their domain expertise, and insights from product and creative collaborators, to offer the research department valuable context and well-informed proposals for potential new directions.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate cutting-edge GenAI technologies and workflows across open and closed-source.
• Prototype proof-of-concept implementations aligned with company needs.
• Act as the first point of contact for implementing and testing in-house research developments.
• Offer research teams valuable context and informed proposals by leveraging product and creative insights.
• Build scalable ComfyUI workflows and help maintain a shared, evolving ComfyUI environment.
• Work as part of a multi disciplinary team to deliver across projects and products.
• Clearly present research findings to developers and creatives, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and examples.

Must Haves

• Professional experience testing and training photoreal generative models, ideally with a focus on video applications.
• Comfortable setting up testing environments for model inference and training. Must be confident with Conda, git, dependency management, and have enough Python/PyTorch knowledge to adapt code to specific requirements.
• Proven experience at effectively implementing existing tools and techniques into wider custom pipelines and workflows.
• Comfortable managing large training datasets. Deep understanding of the effects captioning, curating and enhancing them has on the trained model.
• Comfortable tweaking model tuning hyperparameters, with an understanding of the effects these have on the trained model.
• Experience collaborating with developers (research teams as a bonus).
• Very proficient in ComfyUI. Comfortable building scalable workflows, creating custom nodes where needed, and maintaining a shared, evolving ComfyUI environment.
• Deep engagement and awareness of the Gen AI communities and offerings, across both open and closed-source spaces.
• Comfortable independently researching specific topics, gathering and clearly presenting findings to both developers and creatives - highlighting key strengths, weaknesses, backed by relevant examples.
• Comfortable onboarding and training artists from other disciplines to expand the wider Gen AI artist group.

Nice to Have

• Prior role in a research or RnD-focused environment.
• Professional background either as a creative or a developer in a visual field such as VFX, visual arts, or a visually-driven tech company.

About Us

We are DNEG, one of the world's leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film, television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney).

At DNEG, we fundamentally believe that embracing our differences is a vital component of our collective success. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment for our global teams, where everyone feels they matter and belong. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of background, experience or disability. Please let us know if you need any adjustments or support during the application process, we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We look forward to meeting you!