Member of Technical Staff, GPU Optimization

<div class="content-intro"><p class="p1">We are building AI to simulate the world through merging art and science.<br><br>We believe that world models are at the frontier of progress in artificial intelligence. Language models alone won’t solve the world’s hardest problems – robotics, disease, scientific discovery. Real progress requires models that experience the world and learn from their mistakes, the same way that humans do. And this kind of trial and error can be massively accelerated when done in simulation, rather than in the real world.<br><br>World models offer the most clear path to general-purpose simulation, changing how stories are told, how scientific progress is made and how the next frontiers of humanity are reached.</p> <p class="p1">Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you.</p></div><h3><strong>About the role</strong></h3> <p>_{<em>*Open to hiring remote across North America and Europe — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, London, and Tel Aviv</em>}</p> <p>We’re looking for Machine Learning Engineers who can help us build new multimodal AI systems for media generation. The ideal candidate for this role has a combination of strong engineering skills, extensive experience working on machine learning projects, and thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership environment.</p> <h3><strong>What you’ll do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Develop innovative research projects in computer vision, focusing on generative models for image and video.</li> <li>Work with a world-class engineering team pushing the boundaries of content creation on the browser.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with the rest of the product organization to bring cutting-edge machine learning models to production.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What you’ll need</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5+ years of relevant engineering or research experience in machine learning, computer vision and/or graphics</li> <li>Experience with CUDA, C++ and systems level performance optimizations</li> <li>Solid knowledge of at least one machine learning framework (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow)</li> <li>Very strong programming skills and ability to write clean and maintainable research code</li> <li>Deep interest in building human-in-the-loop systems for creativity</li> <li>Ability to rapidly prototype solutions and iterate on them with tight product deadlines</li> <li>Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Salary range: $270,000-$370,000</span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><h3><strong>Working at Runway</strong></h3> <p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwmj4ato2kw&amp;ab_channel=Runway" target="_blank">Great things come from great teams.</a> We’d love to hear from you.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply.</span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">More about Runway</span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://runwayml.com/world-simulator.html">Universal World Simulator</a></li> <li> <div><a href="https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-runway-gwm-1" target="_blank">GWM-1</a></div> </li> <li> <div><a href="https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-runway-gen-4.5" target="_blank">Gen-4.5</a></div> </li> <li> <div><a href="https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-general-world-models" target="_blank">General World Models</a></div> </li> <li> <div><a href="https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-runway-gwm-1#robotics-section" target="_blank">Robotics SDK</a></div> </li> <li> <div><a href="https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-runway-gwm-1#avatars-section" target="_blank">Conversational Real-time Agents</a></div> </li> <li> <div><a href="https://runwayml.com/studios" target="_blank">Runway Studios</a></div> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We're excited to be recognized as a best place to work <a href="https://www.crainsnewyork.com/awards/best-places-work-2023" target="_blank">Crain's</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inhersight.com/companies/best/city/new-york-city-ny" target="_blank">InHerSight</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://builtin.com/awards/new-york-city/2024/best-places-to-work" target="_blank">BuiltIn NYC</a> | <a href="https://www.inc.com/best-workplaces/2024" target="_blank">INC</a></p></div>