Member of Technical Staff, Image Generation

theklicker is an innovative internet technology startup focused on core mission is to connect every people on earth to e-commerce in one place. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

About the Role

The omni team at theklicker creates magical AI experiences beyond text, enabling understanding and generation of content across various modalities, including image, video, and audio.

Through a variety of factors, including data, modeling, serving, and product, you will drive the model’s picture generation capability as a multimodal researcher or engineer. Together with product teams, you will work on pretraining and posttraining to advance both the end-to-end user experience and model capacity.

Focus

• Creating and driving research agenda to advance image and video generation and editing capabilities.
• Improving data quality, developing data filtering/generation techniques, and performing data study.
• Creating evaluation frameworks and internal benchmarks.
• Designing and implementing effective and efficient algorithms for achieving state-of-the-art model performance.

Ideal Experiences

• Track record in leading research that significantly improves the capability and performance of machine learning, whether better data or better modeling.
• Experience in data-driven experiment designs and systematic analysis for iterative model debugging.
• Experience in developing or working with large-scale distributed machine learning systems.
• Experience in graphics engines and rendering techniques is considered an advantage.
• Ability to do whatever is necessary to deliver the best end-to-end user experience.

Location

The role is based in the Bay Area [Palo Alto]. Candidates are expected to be located near the Bay Area or open to relocation.

Tech Stack

• Python
• Jax
• Rust

Interview Process

After submitting your application, the team reviews your CV and statement of exceptional work. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 15 minute interview (“phone interview”) during which a member of our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the initial phone interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of four technical interviews:

• One-on-one research discussion & coding interviews (three meetings total)
• Project deep-dive: Present your past exceptional work and your vision with theklicker to a small audience.

Every application is reviewed by a member of our technical team. All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet.

Annual Salary Range

$130,000 – $220,000 USD

Benefits

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at theklicker, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

theklicker is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Category: Engineering

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Palo Alto