Research Scientist, Generative AI

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves live in the moment learn about the world and have fun together. The Companys three core products are Snapchat a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends family and the world; Lens Studio an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses Spectacles .

Snap Research serves as an innovation engine for the company. Our projects range from solutions to hard technical problems that significantly enhance Snaps existing products to riskier explorations that can lead to fundamental paradigm shifts in the way people communicate and express themselves. The team consists of scientists and engineers who experiment with and invent new technology that has a lasting impact on Snaps products.

We are looking for a Research Scientist to join the Creative Vision Research Team! At Creative Vision we focus on making everyone into a creator. We believe creativity is achieved when technology understands the world humans and objects provides a range of creative generation and manipulation tools and efficient real-time experiences. Our technology impacts and contributes to multiple products at Snap.

What youll do :

Lead and execute a multi-year research agenda

Work on large-scale multimodal generative projects

Share your expertise with other teammates and interns

Publish your work to top conferences

Partner with engineering teams to deliver your technology to millions of Snapchatters

Knowledge Skills & Abilities :

Strong technical knowledge of statistics machine learning vision and state-of-the-art deep learning literature

Demonstrated ability in defining leading and executing challenging research projects

Strong computer science fundamentals problem solving skills programming (Python C C)

Proven ability to lead interns PhD students and junior researchers

Minimum Qualifications :

PhD in a related technical field such as computer science statistics mathematics machine learning or equivalent years of experience

Strong theoretical foundations of generative AI and practical experience training tuning and modifying generative models

Track record of publications in top-tier international research venues (e.g. ICLR AAAI NeurIPS CVPR ECCV ICCV SIGGRAPH)

Preferred Qualifications :

Proven ability to impact product with cutting edge research technology

Experience with multimodal machine learning involving images videos audio text speech

Knowledge of 3D computer vision non-rigid and articulated 3D registration and synthesis

Experience with large-scale data collection and annotation best practices

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Our Benefits : Snap Inc. is its own community so weve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave comprehensive medical coverage emotional and mental health support programs and compensation packages that let you share in Snaps long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidates starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills experience qualifications work location and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA WA NYC) :

The base salary range for this position is $173000-$259000 annually.

Zone B :

The base salary range for this position is $164000-$246000 annually.

Zone C :

The base salary range for this position is $147000-$220000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

Key Skills

Laboratory Experience,Machine Learning,Python,AI,Bioinformatics,C / C++,R,Biochemistry,Research Experience,Natural Language Processing,Deep Learning,Molecular Biology

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 173000 - 259000