Research Team Lead - Remote

Overview

Runway is a research company pioneering new tools for human imagination. Runway has been at the forefront of multi-modal AI systems ensuring that the future of content creation is accessible, controllable and empowering for creatives. Runway’s mission is to ensure that anyone anywhere can tell their stories. We believe that deep learning techniques applied to audiovisual content will forever change art, creativity, and design tools.

Runway is leading a shift to generative media that is unlocking an unprecedented level of creative potential. The invention of the camera 200 years ago forever changed our world – AI is a new kind of camera that will reshape storytelling forever and lead to full feature films that are entirely generated.

In Short

• Lead and grow a group of Runway’s applied machine learning research team
• Coordinate with the product team and the rest of the engineering team to define goals for your team that are aligned with overall company initiatives
• Write tooling and prototypes to unblock and increase the productivity of other researchers
• Work with a world-class engineering & research team pushing the boundaries of content creation on the browser

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience as a research scientist in computer vision
• High emotional intelligence and experience mentoring other researchers
• Good understanding of how to communicate goals, drive the execution of projects, and inspire through others
• Experience in translating product and business objectives into technical strategies
• Deep interest in productionizing state of the art ML research

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on market rates
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Diverse and inclusive work environment
• Flexible working arrangements