Runway is hiring a
Member of Technical Staff, Applied Research Lead in Worldwide

Summary

The job is for a Research Team Lead at Runway, a company specializing in multi-modal AI systems for content creation. The role involves leading a team of applied ML researchers, coordinating with product and engineering teams, writing tooling and prototypes, and growing the research team. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of industry experience as a research scientist in computer vision, high emotional intelligence, good communication skills, and a deep interest in productionizing state-of-the-art ML research.

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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

Deep interest in productionizing state of the art ML research

Benefits

Salary range: $280,000-$370,000