Real-Time AI Video Diffusion Scientist

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Valka is recruiting a research scientist to lead the development of interactive video content using diffusion-based video synthesis. You will push the boundaries of realism, consistency, and style in generated video content and collaborate across teams to align research with product roadmap.

The role requires a PhD in computer vision or ML, strong publications, and hands-on experience with Python and PyTorch.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Vision, ML, or related field.
• Hands-on research on video diffusion models.
• Strong publication record at top conferences (CVPR/NeurIPS/ICCV).

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize video diffusion models for realistic, controllable results.
• Advance state-of-the-art algorithms for video generation.
• Collaborate with teams on large-scale video datasets including motion and gestures.
• Experiment with diffusion architectures for high-quality synthesis.
• Create validation protocols and metrics comparing synthetic vs real gameplay.
• Stay current with CVPR, NeurIPS, ICML, ICCV literature and apply insights.

Skills

Python programming

PyTorch

Video diffusion models

Research literacy

Education

PhD in Computer Vision or ML

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

CUDA

Job description

Valka is recruiting a research scientist to lead the development of interactive video content using diffusion-based video synthesis. You will push the boundaries of realism, consistency, and style in generated video content and collaborate across teams to align research with product roadmap.

The role requires a PhD in computer vision or ML, strong publications, and hands-on experience with Python and PyTorch.