At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team tackling cutting-edge challenges in Generative AI and interactive video diffusion models.
- Company: Innovative tech company with a vibrant culture and global impact.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, stock options, hybrid work, and 25 days annual leave.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for social events and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the world of interactive avatars and AI technology.
- Qualifications: Strong ML and computer vision background with hands-on experience in diffusion models.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
About the role
As 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.
Within the team you’ll have the opportunity to work on the applied side of our research efforts and directly impact our solutions that are used worldwide by over 60,000 businesses.
Responsibilities
- Adapt diffusion models to incorporate diverse conditioning signals (e. g., audio, motion, interaction cues).
- Develop methods for streaming infinitely long video sequences at real‑time rates.
- Work on the perceptual layer of interactive agents, including understanding user audio and generating appropriate contextual reactions.
- Improve lip‑sync accuracy, motion realism, and overall visual quality in video diffusion models.
- Build robust evaluation frameworks and test suites to enable continuous quality tracking.
- Collaborate closely with our data team to define data needs and ensure high‑quality datasets.
- Stay up to date with research in world models, interactive human/agent modeling, diffusion models, and related areas.
What we're 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 Py Torch 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.
- What will make you stand out
- Experience with audio‑conditioned video diffusion models and deep knowledge of recent video Di T architectures.
- Demonstrated ability to own the full model development pipeline end to end, from data preparation to model design, training, and evaluation.
- A strong publication record in areas such as world models, interactive agents, or video diffusion models.
The good stuff...
- Competitive compensation (salary + stock options + bonus)
- Hybrid work setting with an office in London, Amsterdam, Zurich, Munich, or remote in Europe.
- 25 days of annual leave + public holidays
- Great company culture with the option to join regular planning and socials at our hubs
- + other benefits depending on your location
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Staff Research Engineer - Interactive Avatars employer: Synthesia
At Synthesia, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of Greater London. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through continuous learning opportunities and the chance to work on cutting-edge AI technologies, making every day at Synthesia both meaningful and rewarding.
