Applied Research Lead, Language

The Rundown AI, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 280,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in AI technology is looking for a Sr. Applied Research Scientist to spearhead the development of large language and vision language models. The ideal candidate will possess extensive ML engineering experience and the ability to translate research into practical applications, contributing to innovative user interfaces and creative solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong background in building novel machine learning projects.
• Experience mentoring and teaching other researchers.
• Deep interest in human-in-the-loop systems for creativity.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts in building large language models and vision language models.
• Focus on multimodal capabilities and reasoning.
• Materialize research in novel user interfaces for creative tasks.

Skills

Machine Learning

Programming

Communication

Collaboration

Documentation

Education

4+ years of ML engineering or research experience

Job description

About the role

_{*Open to hiring remote across North America and Europe — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, London, and Tel Aviv}

We’re looking for a Sr. Applied Research Scientist to lead efforts in building large language models and vision language models that power Runway’s research and tools, with a focus on multimodal capabilities and reasoning. This role is for someone who has a strong background building impactful and novel machine learning projects, has strong software engineering skills, and is deeply interested in seeing their research materialize in novel user interfaces for creative tasks.

What you’ll need

• 4+ years of relevant ML engineering or research experience in language models
• Very strong programming skills and ability to write clean and maintainable research code
• Deep interest in building human-in-the-loop systems for creativity
• Passion for seeing research through from initial conception to eventual application
• Experience mentoring and teaching other researchers
• Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills

Runway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. Our salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package we provide.

There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range.

Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates.

Salary range: $280,000-$380,000