TwelveLabs
Senior Research Scientist (Finetuning)
TwelveLabs, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Overview
Lead Research Scientist (Finetuning) at TwelveLabs This range is provided by TwelveLabs. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Compensation Base pay range: 184,000.00 / yr - 240,000.00 / yr About TwelveLabs
At TwelveLabs, we are pioneering the development of frontier multimodal foundation models that can see, hear and understand the world as humans do. Our models have redefined the standards in video-language modeling, allowing developers to build programs with state-of-the-art semantic search, summarization and analysis capabilities. TwelveLabs has raised $107 million in Seed + Series A funding from world-class VC & corporate partners: NVIDIA, NEA, Radical Ventures, Index Ventures, Snowflake and Databricks. Our advisory team features AI visionaries and founders such as Fei-Fei Li, Silvio Savarese, Alexandr Wang and more. Headquartered in San Francisco, with an influential APAC presence in Seoul, our global footprint underscores our commitment to driving worldwide innovation.
About The Science Team
The Science team is at the forefront of multimodal AI research, tackling the most critical technical challenges in video understanding. Our core research areas include video embedding and search, multimodal language models capable of reasoning over video content, and intelligent agents that can interact with and analyze video data. We aim to ensure that research outcomes are directly integrated into products and platforms, delivering real value to users. We work closely with the Engineering and Product teams and foster a collaborative culture centered around open communication and dynamic idea exchange.
About The Role
As a Lead Research Scientist (Finetuning), you will play a key role in driving TwelveLabs\' core technology research and helping define its direction. You\'ll conduct pioneering work in video understanding, multimodal learning, and AI agents; identifying critical research problems, designing innovative solutions, and running effective experiments. This also involves developing data strategies and defining evaluation methodologies. You will lead finetuning efforts for video embedding and video language models, closely collaborating with the MLE and Solutions Engineering team to productionize finetuning efforts. You\'ll collaborate closely with team leads, fellow scientists and researchers, clearly communicating your findings and contributing to TwelveLabs\' broader research roadmap and culture.
What Makes This Role Unique At TwelveLabs
TwelveLabs takes a focus-and-collaborate approach to tackling complex video AI challenges. We aim to build multimodal systems that are not only powerful, but also trustworthy and interpretable. Open communication and mutual learning are central to our culture, enabling us to quickly evolve ideas and pursue the most impactful research directions. These align closely with our core values: integrity, growth mindset, and tenacity.
You Might Be a Great Fit If You Have
Strong research experience in areas like video (multimodal) understanding, large language models, domain adaptation, representation learning, or action recognition; supported by past projects, contributions, and related publications. Ability to independently lead research projects from ideation to execution. Proficiency in Python and PyTorch. Excellent written and verbal communication in Korean as well as English for working with colleagues from diverse backgrounds. A PhD or Master\'s Degree in computer science, AI, or related fields. Additional experience deploying large-scale ML models in production, or optimizing large model training, is a major plus. We encourage applicants even if you do not meet every checkbox. If you are a fast learner, a collaborative team player, and motivated to contribute, you will find a home at TwelveLabs.
Benefits and Perks
An open and inclusive culture and work environment. Work closely with a collaborative, mission-driven team on cutting-edge AI technology. Full health, dental, and vision benefits. Flexible PTO and parental leave policy. Office closed the week of Christmas and New Years. VISA support (such as H1B and OPT transfer for US employees).
Location: San Francisco, CA
Industry: Software Development
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Lead Research Scientist (Finetuning) at TwelveLabs This range is provided by TwelveLabs. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Compensation Base pay range: 184,000.00 / yr - 240,000.00 / yr About TwelveLabs
At TwelveLabs, we are pioneering the development of frontier multimodal foundation models that can see, hear and understand the world as humans do. Our models have redefined the standards in video-language modeling, allowing developers to build programs with state-of-the-art semantic search, summarization and analysis capabilities. TwelveLabs has raised $107 million in Seed + Series A funding from world-class VC & corporate partners: NVIDIA, NEA, Radical Ventures, Index Ventures, Snowflake and Databricks. Our advisory team features AI visionaries and founders such as Fei-Fei Li, Silvio Savarese, Alexandr Wang and more. Headquartered in San Francisco, with an influential APAC presence in Seoul, our global footprint underscores our commitment to driving worldwide innovation.
About The Science Team
The Science team is at the forefront of multimodal AI research, tackling the most critical technical challenges in video understanding. Our core research areas include video embedding and search, multimodal language models capable of reasoning over video content, and intelligent agents that can interact with and analyze video data. We aim to ensure that research outcomes are directly integrated into products and platforms, delivering real value to users. We work closely with the Engineering and Product teams and foster a collaborative culture centered around open communication and dynamic idea exchange.
About The Role
As a Lead Research Scientist (Finetuning), you will play a key role in driving TwelveLabs\' core technology research and helping define its direction. You\'ll conduct pioneering work in video understanding, multimodal learning, and AI agents; identifying critical research problems, designing innovative solutions, and running effective experiments. This also involves developing data strategies and defining evaluation methodologies. You will lead finetuning efforts for video embedding and video language models, closely collaborating with the MLE and Solutions Engineering team to productionize finetuning efforts. You\'ll collaborate closely with team leads, fellow scientists and researchers, clearly communicating your findings and contributing to TwelveLabs\' broader research roadmap and culture.
What Makes This Role Unique At TwelveLabs
TwelveLabs takes a focus-and-collaborate approach to tackling complex video AI challenges. We aim to build multimodal systems that are not only powerful, but also trustworthy and interpretable. Open communication and mutual learning are central to our culture, enabling us to quickly evolve ideas and pursue the most impactful research directions. These align closely with our core values: integrity, growth mindset, and tenacity.
You Might Be a Great Fit If You Have
Strong research experience in areas like video (multimodal) understanding, large language models, domain adaptation, representation learning, or action recognition; supported by past projects, contributions, and related publications. Ability to independently lead research projects from ideation to execution. Proficiency in Python and PyTorch. Excellent written and verbal communication in Korean as well as English for working with colleagues from diverse backgrounds. A PhD or Master\'s Degree in computer science, AI, or related fields. Additional experience deploying large-scale ML models in production, or optimizing large model training, is a major plus. We encourage applicants even if you do not meet every checkbox. If you are a fast learner, a collaborative team player, and motivated to contribute, you will find a home at TwelveLabs.
Benefits and Perks
An open and inclusive culture and work environment. Work closely with a collaborative, mission-driven team on cutting-edge AI technology. Full health, dental, and vision benefits. Flexible PTO and parental leave policy. Office closed the week of Christmas and New Years. VISA support (such as H1B and OPT transfer for US employees).
Location: San Francisco, CA
Industry: Software Development
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