AI Research Engineer, Computer Vision
CantinaCanada • United States
Posted March 19, 2026
170000 - 210000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Cantina Labs is a social AI company, developing a suite of advanced real-time models that push the boundaries of expression, personality, and realism.
Job Description
Join Cantina Labs as an AI Research Engineer to build and train state-of-the-art image and video generation models. Implement research ideas into working systems, build robust data pipelines, and optimize for speed/efficiency. Work closely with experienced researchers and gain deep hands-on exposure to cutting-edge model training techniques.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of hands-on experience building and training ML systems, with strong ownership of results
- Fluency in PyTorch: comfortable reading, writing, and debugging both training and inference code.
- Experience training or fine-tuning generative models (diffusion models, transformers, VAEs, or similar) from scratch or near-scratch
- Solid understanding of distributed training workflows and practical debugging of large training runs
- Demonstrated ability to read and implement AI research papers in computer vision
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous company equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 42 days of paid time off
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Lifestyle spending account
- Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees
- One Medical membership
