Lightricks
AI Pipeline Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Director
Sponsorship not specified$160k-$180kDetected 8 days ago
PythonNode.jsMachine LearningLLMsAfter EffectsPremiere ProDaVinci ResolveBlenderMayaUnreal EngineResearchCommunication
About the role
- You can advise senior creative, technology, and business leaders with clarity and confidence. - Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.
Responsibilities
- At our core is LTX-2, an open-source generative video model, built to deliver expressive, high-fidelity video at unmatched speed.
- It powers both our own products and a growing ecosystem of partners through API integration.
- We combine deep research, user-first design, and end-to-end execution from concept to final render to bring the future of expression to all.
- Experience working alongside or in support of AI/ML research teams in an applied or translational capacity.
- We believe in an environment where people are encouraged to think, create, and explore.
Requirements
- you have craft sensibility and understand how creative work gets made.
- you have a track record of creating things from scratch in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Deep knowledge of tools such as After Effects, Premiere, Houdini, Nuke, DaVinci Resolve, Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, or Unity. - Expertise with AI-native tools.
- Who You Are A creative technologist: you have craft sensibility and understand how creative work gets made.
Nice to have
- Experience in a client-facing technical role: solutions engineering, technical consulting, or similar.
- Experience in a Creative Technologist, Technical Director, or similar role bridging creative production and technology.
- A creative technologist: you have craft sensibility and understand how creative work gets made.
- You've lived inside production pipelines, know what artists and directors care about, and can earn credibility in both creative and technical rooms.
- You've shipped AI workflows, built extensively in ComfyUI or with code, fine-tuned LoRAs, and understand model deployment well enough to architect reliable solutions.
- A resourceful self-starter: you have a track record of creating things from scratch in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- You can prototype, test, and iterate without waiting for perfect information.
- A clear communicator: you move naturally between technical, creative, and business contexts, and can present to artists, engineers, researchers, and business executives alike.
Skills
- Python scripting proficiency, specifically for pipeline development, API integration, and tooling within AI workflows.
- Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.
Compensation
- Expected salary range is $160,000-$180,000.
- $3,000 per year is provided for lunch.
Benefits
- Stock options.
- Health/dental/vision with the majority of premiums paid by the company.
- $1,000 Yearly Learning, Development, and Wellness budget.
- Work from home stipend.
- 21 Days of PTO.
Company info
- Lightricks is an AI-first company creating next-generation content creation technology for businesses, enterprises, and studios with a mission to bridge the gap between imagination and creation.
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