About the role
TL;DR
Drive foundational research on video generation models and translate findings into durable model improvements.
- •Cantina is expanding, and we're looking for a Research Scientist to join our growing Singapore team! In this role, you will drive foundational research on video generation models, taking ownership across the full research cycle and driving post-training research.
- •Key Responsibilities Drive foundational research on video generation models.
- •Collaborate closely with data, infrastructure, and adjacent modeling teams.
- •Research and develop distillation methods for large-scale diffusion and flow-based video generation models.
- •Develop reward models and preference-based fine-tuning pipelines.
- •Analyze the relationship between base model behavior and post-training outcomes.
- •Requirements Strong hands-on experience building or scaling large-scale data systems or pipelines for machine learning workflows.
- •Strong research background in post-training methods for large-scale diffusion or flow-based generative models.
- •Proficiency in Python and modern machine learning frameworks, with a strong preference for PyTorch or JAX.
- •Track record of independent research, with the ability to drive projects from initial idea through experimental validation.
- •Publications at top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV) preferred.
Required skills
PythonPyTorchJAXDockerKubernetesAWSGoogle CloudAzureSparkAirflowComputer VisionLLMs
Domain expertise
ai
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary and generous company equity, Personal time off and paid holidays, Health insurance, Global travel insurance, Monthly spending stipend: $500 (~S$635), Equipment: All equipment needed for your home office
Tech stack
PythonSparkAirflowDockerKubernetesAWSGoogle CloudAzurePyTorchJAX