Staff Research Engineer - Interactive Avatars

Role overview

As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations. About the roleAs a Staff Research Engineer, you will join a team of 40+ Researchers and Engineers within the R&D Department working on cutting edge challenges in the Generative AI space, with a focus on avatar-centric interactive video diffusion models. Develop methods for streaming infinitely long video sequences at real-time rates. , diffusion, GANs, VAEs) and computer vision background with relevant industry experience.

What the employer is looking for

• Comfortable owning and executing on the responsibilities listed above.
• Strong ML (e.g., diffusion, GANs, VAEs) and computer vision background with relevant industry experience.
• Hands-on experience with diffusion models (ideally avatar-centric or video-focused) and up to date with recent advances.
• Proficient in PyTorch and familiar with modern ML frameworks and tooling.
• Strong Python engineering skills, confident with git and version control, and a commitment to clean, maintainable research code.
• Outcome-driven, detail-oriented, and motivated to push state-of-the-art research into real product impact.
• Clear communicator of hypotheses, experiments, and results.