Member of Technical Staff, Large Generative Models at Captions

New York, New York, United States

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$215,000 – $340,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
AI, Video Technology, Machine LearningIndustries

Requirements

  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field
  • Track record of research contributions

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement novel architectures for large-scale video and multimodal diffusion models
  • Develop new approaches to multimodal fusion, temporal modeling, and video control
  • Research temporal video editing techniques and controllable generation
  • Research and validate scaling laws for video generation models
  • Create new loss functions and training objectives for improved generation quality
  • Drive rapid experimentation with model architectures and training strategies
  • Validate research directly through product deployment and user feedback
  • Train and optimize models at massive scale (10s-100s of billions of parameters)
  • Develop sophisticated distributed training approaches using FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM
  • Design and implement model surgery techniques (pruning, distillation, quantization)
  • Create new approaches to memory optimization and training efficiency
  • Research techniques for improving training stability at scale
  • Conduct systematic empirical studies of architecture and optimization choices
  • Advance state-of-the-art in video model architecture design and optimization
  • Develop new approaches to temporal modeling for video generation
  • Create novel solutions for multimodal learning and cross-modal alignment
  • Research and implement new optimization techniques for generative modeling and sampling
  • Design and validate new evaluation metrics for generation quality
  • Systematically analyze and improve model behavior across different regimes

Skills

diffusion models
generative modeling
multimodal models
video generation
large-scale training
model scaling
ML research
AI research

Captions

Video captioning and translation services

About Captions

Captions.ai enhances video content by providing captioning and translation services tailored for content creators, social media influencers, marketing agencies, and businesses. Their main offerings include automatic subtitle generation, translation into 28 languages, and video compression to improve performance. These tools simplify the video production process, allowing users to produce professional-quality videos with ease. Unlike many competitors, Captions.ai uses a freemium model, offering basic services for free while charging for advanced features, which helps attract a large user base and convert free users into paying customers. The company's goal is to make high-quality video content accessible to a wider audience, and recent funding will support their growth and product development.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$82.7MTotal Funding
SERIES_CCompany Stage
Consumer Software, EntertainmentIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Commuter Benefits
Wellness Program
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Flexible Work Hours

Risks

Increased competition from startups like Beeble AI could challenge Captions' market position.
Integration challenges from AlpacaML acquisition may delay product enhancements.
Rapid expansion may stretch resources, potentially affecting service quality.

Differentiation

Captions offers AI-powered video editing with automatic subtitle generation and language dubbing.
The platform supports video compression for optimized performance and accessibility.
Captions uses a freemium model to attract a wide user base and convert to paid plans.

Upsides

Captions secured $60 million in Series C funding, indicating strong investor confidence.
The acquisition of AlpacaML enhances Captions' creative tools with AI rendering capabilities.
Expansion to web and desktop platforms increases accessibility and user engagement.

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