Goliath Partners · 2 hours ago
Machine Learning Researcher
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$500K/yr - $1,000K/yr
3+ years expGoliath Partners is a well-funded, independent AI research lab focused on building the next generation of multimodal foundation models. The role involves leading research and development on state-of-the-art generative video models and shaping the core architectures and algorithms for major breakthroughs in video generation.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Liz Lahue
Responsibilities
Driving research on generative foundation models for video, from ideation through prototype and production
Designing and evaluating large-scale generative algorithms and training schemes for high-fidelity video synthesis
Developing efficient image/video representations, latent spaces, and training objectives
Identifying critical research directions and contributing to the lab’s long-term video-generation roadmap
Designing and curating large, high-quality multimodal datasets, collaborating across research, product, and data teams
Qualification
Required
PhD in CS, EE, Mathematics, or related field or equivalent applied research experience
3+ years working in one or more of: Text-to-image / text-to-video generation, Video diffusion or autoregressive video modeling, Image/video representation learning at scale, Large-language-model pre-training / fine-tuning
Deep expertise in modern generative modeling: Diffusion, Flow Matching, Autoregressive Transformers, Mamba-style architectures, VAE, GANs
Strong programming foundations (Python) and practical ML engineering skills
Ability to operate independently, explore novel ideas aggressively, and communicate research clearly
Preferred
Publications at CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, SIGGRAPH, or similar
Hands-on experience with large-scale distributed training (FSDP, ZeRO, data/model parallelism)
Deep understanding of diffusion variants (DDIM, flow matching, rectified flows, etc.)
Strong software engineering fundamentals and an interest in building real systems, not just prototypes
Thrives in a fast, iterative, research-driven startup environment
Company
Goliath Partners
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2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase