AI Research Director
webAISovereign AI company
Austin, United StatesDirector
Oxcart Ventures
Atreides Management
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Lead AI research strategy, LLMs, multimodal systems, and distributed AI.
- •The AI Research Director will lead webAI’s advanced research initiatives across large language models, multimodal systems, edge inference, and distributed AI.
- •This role drives the scientific vision behind our core technologies and works closely with engineering leadership to convert cutting-edge research into production-grade capabilities.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead webAI’s AI and ML research strategy including long-term vision, experimentation roadmap, and architectural innovation Oversee research on LLMs, diffusion and multimodal models, inference optimization, and distributed execution Advance techniques for compression, quantization, distillation, and privacy-preserving learning for edge and on-device AI Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to translate research breakthroughs into scalable production-ready capabilities Build, mentor, and lead a world-class research team fostering creativity, scientific rigor, and innovation Requirements You read papers on a daily basis 8+ years of experience in AI, machine learning research, deep learning, or related fields Experience leading research teams and delivering impactful ML innovations Expertise in modern AI architectures including transformers, diffusion models, multimodal systems, and reinforcement learning Strong understanding of distributed systems, edge inference, and model efficiency techniques such as quantization and pruning
Required skills
LLMsPythonPyTorchTensorFlowJAX
Nice-to-have skills
Computer VisionNLP
Domain expertise
deeptechai
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary, Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits package, 401(k) match, Equity options, $200/month Health & Wellness stipend, Continuing Education support, $500/year Function Health subscription, Free parking for in-office employees, Flexible Time Off (FTO), Parental leave for eligible employees, Supplemental life insurance
Tech stack
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowJAXLLMs