Runway · 9 hours ago
Applied Research Lead, Language
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$280K/yr - $380K/yr
4+ years expRunwayML is building AI to simulate the world by merging art and science. They are seeking a Senior Applied Research Scientist to lead efforts in developing large language models and vision language models, focusing on multimodal capabilities and reasoning.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningSoftwareVideo Editing
Responsibilities
Lead efforts in building large language models and vision language models that power Runway’s research and tools, with a focus on multimodal capabilities and reasoning
Build impactful and novel machine learning projects
Write clean and maintainable research code
Build human-in-the-loop systems for creativity
Mentor and teach other researchers
Communicate, collaborate, and document effectively
Qualification
Required
4+ years of relevant ML engineering or research experience in language models
Very strong programming skills and ability to write clean and maintainable research code
Deep interest in building human-in-the-loop systems for creativity
Passion for seeing research through from initial conception to eventual application
Experience mentoring and teaching other researchers
Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills
Company
Runway
Runway is a global AI research and technology company building foundational research models and tools to create multimodal world simulators.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$544.5MKey Investors
General AtlanticSalesforce VenturesFelicis
2025-04-03Series D· $308M
2023-06-29Series C· $141M
2022-12-05Series C· $50M
Leadership Team
Cristobal Valenzuela Barrera
Co-founder & CEO
Anastasis Germanidis
Co-Founder & CTO
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