As an early member of this team, you will have significant artistic and research freedom to shape what could become the next-generation LLM-driven storytelling experience. Why You'll Love Working ...
As an early member of this team, you will have significant artistic and research freedom to shape what could become the next-generation LLM-driven storytelling experience. Why You'll Love Working ...
Lead Researcher, Large Language Models/LLM, TikTok
San Jose, CA · On-site
$308K - $588K/yr
We are looking for researchers in LLM, VLM and Omni Model domain who are experienced in single/multi-modality LLM pretraining and applications, including evaluations, data processing and recipes for ...
Lead Researcher, Large Language Models/LLM, TikTok
San Jose, CA · On-site
$308K - $588K/yr
We are looking for researchers in LLM, VLM and Omni Model domain who are experienced in single/multi-modality LLM pretraining and applications, including evaluations, data processing and recipes for ...
As an early member of this team, you will have significant artistic and research freedom to shape what could become the next-generation LLM-driven storytelling experience. Why You'll Love Working ...
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As an early member of this team, you will have significant artistic and research freedom to shape what could become the next-generation LLM-driven storytelling experience. Why You'll Love Working ...
LLM Research Engineer
Mountain View, CA · On-site
$90 - $121.86/hr
LLM Research Engineer Key Responsibilities: * Design, train, and fine-tune large language models (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, PaLM) for various applications. * Conduct research on cutting-edge techniques in ...
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LLM Research Engineer
Mountain View, CA · On-site
$90 - $121.86/hr
LLM Research Engineer Key Responsibilities: * Design, train, and fine-tune large language models (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, PaLM) for various applications. * Conduct research on cutting-edge techniques in ...
AI Researcher, On-Device LLM Efficiency
San Diego, CA · On-site
$138K - $208K/yr
Research and development in the area of LLM inference efficiency algorithms, efficient model architecture design, and/or LLM training * Develop creative solutions with consideration of practical ...
AI Researcher, On-Device LLM Efficiency
San Diego, CA · On-site
$138K - $208K/yr
Research and development in the area of LLM inference efficiency algorithms, efficient model architecture design, and/or LLM training * Develop creative solutions with consideration of practical ...
Applied Researcher, Vision Language Models/VLM - TikTok
San Jose, CA · On-site
$254K - $588K/yr
We are looking for researchers in LLM, VLM and Omni Model domain who are experienced in single/multi-modality LLM/VLM pretraining and applications, including evaluations, data processing and recipes ...
Applied Researcher, Vision Language Models/VLM - TikTok
San Jose, CA · On-site
$254K - $588K/yr
We are looking for researchers in LLM, VLM and Omni Model domain who are experienced in single/multi-modality LLM/VLM pretraining and applications, including evaluations, data processing and recipes ...
The ML Research Engineer will own an LLM vertical, generating synthetic data and pushing the boundaries of LLM safety techniques while collaborating with a team of researchers. Responsibilities : • ...
The ML Research Engineer will own an LLM vertical, generating synthetic data and pushing the boundaries of LLM safety techniques while collaborating with a team of researchers. Responsibilities : • ...
Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher)
Palo Alto, CA · On-site
$200 - $300/hr
Stay current with the latest LLM research, especially in model training, optimization, and personalization techniques * Implement preference optimization and personalization capabilities to enhance ...
Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher)
Palo Alto, CA · On-site
$200 - $300/hr
Stay current with the latest LLM research, especially in model training, optimization, and personalization techniques * Implement preference optimization and personalization capabilities to enhance ...
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ai/LLm/Raleigh, Nc
Raleigh, NC · On-site
$101K - $139K/yr
In this role you'll be focused on creating solutions for the legal industry and building a next-generation AI product, including LLM research assistants, retrieval systems, and enterprise-grade ...
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ai/LLm/Raleigh, Nc
Raleigh, NC · On-site
$101K - $139K/yr
In this role you'll be focused on creating solutions for the legal industry and building a next-generation AI product, including LLM research assistants, retrieval systems, and enterprise-grade ...
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ai/LLm/Raleigh, Nc
Raleigh, NC · On-site
$101K - $139K/yr
In this role you'll be focused on creating solutions for the legal industry and building a next-generation AI product, including LLM research assistants, retrieval systems, and enterprise-grade ...
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ai/LLm/Raleigh, Nc
Raleigh, NC · On-site
$101K - $139K/yr
In this role you'll be focused on creating solutions for the legal industry and building a next-generation AI product, including LLM research assistants, retrieval systems, and enterprise-grade ...
This role is ideal for a technically rigorous researcher who is deeply fluent in modern LLM evaluation and post-training, and who can turn research insight into practical methods for customer ...
This role is ideal for a technically rigorous researcher who is deeply fluent in modern LLM evaluation and post-training, and who can turn research insight into practical methods for customer ...
Applied Researcher
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150 - $600/hr
Haize Labs gets LLM apps out of POCs and into production. We eliminate the risk and improve the ... We are looking for Research Engineers to help develop our reliability platform, with a focus on:
Applied Researcher
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150 - $600/hr
Haize Labs gets LLM apps out of POCs and into production. We eliminate the risk and improve the ... We are looking for Research Engineers to help develop our reliability platform, with a focus on:
This is a unique opportunity to conduct cutting-edge LLM research with direct product impact -- shaping how people interact with the next generation of wearable devices.We are looking for a ...
This is a unique opportunity to conduct cutting-edge LLM research with direct product impact -- shaping how people interact with the next generation of wearable devices.We are looking for a ...
This role is ideal for a technically rigorous researcher who is deeply fluent in modern LLM evaluation and post-training, and who can turn research insight into practical methods for customer ...
This role is ideal for a technically rigorous researcher who is deeply fluent in modern LLM evaluation and post-training, and who can turn research insight into practical methods for customer ...
Machine Learning Engineer (LLM / Personalization)
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$120 - $150/hr
You will work closely with Research and Data Engineering teams to design and deploy systems that ... Develop and productionize LLM-powered features, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG ...
Machine Learning Engineer (LLM / Personalization)
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$120 - $150/hr
You will work closely with Research and Data Engineering teams to design and deploy systems that ... Develop and productionize LLM-powered features, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG ...
This is a unique opportunity to conduct cutting-edge LLM research with direct product impact -- shaping how people interact with the next generation of wearable devices.We are looking for a ...
This is a unique opportunity to conduct cutting-edge LLM research with direct product impact -- shaping how people interact with the next generation of wearable devices.We are looking for a ...
Research Scientist - Reality Labs
New York, NY · On-site
$184K/yr
This is a unique opportunity to conduct cutting-edge LLM research with direct product impact -- shaping how people interact with the next generation of wearable devices.We are looking for a ...
Research Scientist - Reality Labs
New York, NY · On-site
$184K/yr
This is a unique opportunity to conduct cutting-edge LLM research with direct product impact -- shaping how people interact with the next generation of wearable devices.We are looking for a ...
AI Researcher, LLMs
London, CA · On-site
The LLM team within HAIL builds large language models from scratch - pretraining, post-training, and serving - that are deployed across the firm to accelerate research, engineering, and trading ...
AI Researcher, LLMs
London, CA · On-site
The LLM team within HAIL builds large language models from scratch - pretraining, post-training, and serving - that are deployed across the firm to accelerate research, engineering, and trading ...
AI Researcher, LLMs
London, CA · On-site
The LLM team within HAIL builds large language models from scratch - pretraining, post-training, and serving - that are deployed across the firm to accelerate research, engineering, and trading ...
AI Researcher, LLMs
London, CA · On-site
The LLM team within HAIL builds large language models from scratch - pretraining, post-training, and serving - that are deployed across the firm to accelerate research, engineering, and trading ...
LLM Applications Engineer
New York, NY · On-site
$130K - $175K/yr
Your work will directly modernize how the world's leading researchers interact with their data. Primary Responsibility Your primary responsibility is to design, build, and scale the LLM ...
LLM Applications Engineer
New York, NY · On-site
$130K - $175K/yr
Your work will directly modernize how the world's leading researchers interact with their data. Primary Responsibility Your primary responsibility is to design, build, and scale the LLM ...
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Job description
tl;dr: We're building a 3D first-person adventure game where an AI companion is the core of the game. Think MiSide with LLMs, but truly integrated with gameplay, not just a RP chatbot.
About Us
Here at Spellbrush, we're passionate about making a good anime game.
We also happen to be the world's leading generative AI studio-we're the team behind niji・journey.
Our mission is simple: use AI to bring characters to life and push the boundaries of narrative-driven games.
What We're Building
We've developed an in-house LLM storytelling system that blends AI, story, and gameplay-going far beyond shallow "chat-only" experiences.
The result is an AI companion who cooperates with you in puzzles, remembers across worlds, and changes how each chapter unfolds.
In-game screenshots (development build)
About The Role
You will join a small but extremely talented team to define a new kind of video game experience. You'll work alongside top otaku minds in the industry, including the creator of Warudo and Cytoid, a Google Deepmind veteran behind Project Astra, and top-tier AI researchers.
As an early member of this team, you will have significant artistic and research freedom to shape what could become the next-generation LLM-driven storytelling experience.
Why You'll Love Working With Us
Impact and Ownership: As an early team member, you'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what's possible at the intersection of the AI, anime, and video game industry.
A World-Class Team: You'll work directly with some of the best AI researchers and engineers in the world in a small, mighty, and fast-paced team.
Unparalleled Resources: You will have a generous amount of compute to build the best possible models for anime characters.
Culture: We are seeking individuals who ideally are fans of anime and the anime aesthetic. We believe in the unmatched speed of in-person collaboration.
International Opportunities: We have primary research offices in downtown Akihabara, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Visa sponsorships are available for qualified candidates
You may be a good fit if:
You have published or have industry experience with LLM post-training
You have a deep understanding of LLM training and evaluation with attention to detail.
Bonus if your post training work is focused on roleplay.
Bonus if you have worked on latency optimization. We need to interact with the character in real time.
You have worked on gathering human feedback
Whether that is by designing a RLHF-style voting system, or by finding implicit signals in the human-AI interaction logs.
You have worked on LLM infrastructure
Training LLMs requires both research and engineering. Experiences in building data processing backend, deterministic and checkpointable data loader, sharding, memory saving techniques, scalable benchmarking and checkpoint selection, are all helpful.
You love anime and the anime aesthetic
As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what's possible in the anime and video game industry. Ideally you're a fan of the genre.
You're comfortable working on small, fast-paced teams
Our engineering team is small but mighty. You'll be working directly with some of the best AI researchers and engineers in the world.
We also believe in the unmatched speed of in-person teams, and prefer on-site collaboration in either our primary research office in Tokyo (downtown Akihabara) or San Francisco. Visa sponsorships are available.
You can effectively balance research exploration with product-focused development
Or, putting it in RL jargon, exploration and exploitation. You excel at working with research teams to synthesize high-impact needs, design and implement technical solutions, and communicate deliverables and tradeoffs.
About Us
Here at Spellbrush, we're passionate about making a good anime game.
We also happen to be the world's leading generative AI studio-we're the team behind niji・journey.
Our mission is simple: use AI to bring characters to life and push the boundaries of narrative-driven games.
What We're Building
We've developed an in-house LLM storytelling system that blends AI, story, and gameplay-going far beyond shallow "chat-only" experiences.
The result is an AI companion who cooperates with you in puzzles, remembers across worlds, and changes how each chapter unfolds.
In-game screenshots (development build)
About The Role
You will join a small but extremely talented team to define a new kind of video game experience. You'll work alongside top otaku minds in the industry, including the creator of Warudo and Cytoid, a Google Deepmind veteran behind Project Astra, and top-tier AI researchers.
As an early member of this team, you will have significant artistic and research freedom to shape what could become the next-generation LLM-driven storytelling experience.
Why You'll Love Working With Us
Impact and Ownership: As an early team member, you'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what's possible at the intersection of the AI, anime, and video game industry.
A World-Class Team: You'll work directly with some of the best AI researchers and engineers in the world in a small, mighty, and fast-paced team.
Unparalleled Resources: You will have a generous amount of compute to build the best possible models for anime characters.
Culture: We are seeking individuals who ideally are fans of anime and the anime aesthetic. We believe in the unmatched speed of in-person collaboration.
International Opportunities: We have primary research offices in downtown Akihabara, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Visa sponsorships are available for qualified candidates
You may be a good fit if:
You have published or have industry experience with LLM post-training
You have a deep understanding of LLM training and evaluation with attention to detail.
Bonus if your post training work is focused on roleplay.
Bonus if you have worked on latency optimization. We need to interact with the character in real time.
You have worked on gathering human feedback
Whether that is by designing a RLHF-style voting system, or by finding implicit signals in the human-AI interaction logs.
You have worked on LLM infrastructure
Training LLMs requires both research and engineering. Experiences in building data processing backend, deterministic and checkpointable data loader, sharding, memory saving techniques, scalable benchmarking and checkpoint selection, are all helpful.
You love anime and the anime aesthetic
As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what's possible in the anime and video game industry. Ideally you're a fan of the genre.
You're comfortable working on small, fast-paced teams
Our engineering team is small but mighty. You'll be working directly with some of the best AI researchers and engineers in the world.
We also believe in the unmatched speed of in-person teams, and prefer on-site collaboration in either our primary research office in Tokyo (downtown Akihabara) or San Francisco. Visa sponsorships are available.
You can effectively balance research exploration with product-focused development
Or, putting it in RL jargon, exploration and exploitation. You excel at working with research teams to synthesize high-impact needs, design and implement technical solutions, and communicate deliverables and tradeoffs.
About Spellbrush
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Industry
Software development
Company size
1 - 10 Employees
Headquarters location
San Francisco, CA, US
Year founded
2018