Runway · 1 day ago
Applied Research Lead, Model Scaling
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$280K/yr - $380K/yr
4+ years expRunwayML is building AI to simulate the world by merging art and science, aiming to develop world models that can accelerate progress in various fields. They are seeking a Senior Applied Research Scientist to lead the pretraining of multimodal models, requiring strong machine learning and software engineering skills.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningSoftwareVideo Editing
Responsibilities
Lead efforts in pretraining the next generation of Runway’s multimodal models
Build impactful and novel machine learning projects
Develop human-in-the-loop systems for creativity
Mentor and teach other researchers
Qualification
Required
4+ years of relevant ML engineering or research experience
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 Barrera
Co-founder & CEO
Alejandro Ortiz
Co-Founder
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