Research Scientist, Video Foundation Models

📋 Description

• Research, develop, and scale native video and multimodal foundation models, from early prototypes
• Explore new model architectures, training objectives, and conditioning mechanisms for video
• Build and improve large-scale data curation, distributed training, evaluation, and post-training
• Design systematic experiments to understand model scaling, generation quality, controllability
• Collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and product teams to help shape the technical
• Contribute to research publications and open-source releases when appropriate.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong research and engineering experience in generative modeling, including areas such as
• Hands-on experience training and evaluating large-scale image, video, or unified multimodal models
• A strong track record of developing impactful models or systems, demonstrated through research
• Ability to independently own ambiguous research problems, move effectively from ideas to
• Specialized depth in one or more areas across the foundation model lifecycle, such as model

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary and generous company equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina
• 42 days of paid time off, including 15 PTO days, 10 sick days, 15 company holidays, and 2 floating
• Generous parental leave and fertility support
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Lifestyle spending account – $500/month to use however you’d like