Research Scientist, Video Foundation Models

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cantinaSan Franciscofull-time

$200,000 – $320,000 USD

Tech Stack

Responsibilities

  • Research, develop, and scale native video and multimodal foundation models from early prototypes to pre-training and post-training.
  • Explore new model architectures, training objectives, and conditioning mechanisms for video generation and multimodal interaction.
  • Build and improve large-scale data curation, distributed training, evaluation, and post-training pipelines.
  • Design systematic experiments to analyze model scaling, generation quality, controllability, and inference efficiency.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Equity
  • Health Insurance
  • Parental Leave

Culture

Cross-Functional TeamsOpen Source ContributorsFree Meals/Snacks

Requirements

Regions: Us

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About cantina
Industry: artificial intelligence
Size: startup

Cantina Labs is a social AI company developing advanced real-time multimodal models to power social platforms and character experiences.

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Compensation
Base salary: $200,000 – $320,000 USD
Equity: Generous company equity