Senior Applied Scientist - Multimodal/Audio Driven Animation
FlawlessLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted March 10, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Flawless is a Seattle‑based recruiting firm that serves tech companies across the United States, from seed‑stage startups to global enterprises. Leveraging a team of subject‑matter experts, the company delivers data‑driven, transparent hiring solutions—including technical, leadership, and business recruiting—through Recruiting as a Service, executive search, and full‑time staffing with contract payroll. Flawless differentiates itself by prioritizing speed, care, and strategic fit over traditional sales‑driven approaches, and by embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion into every talent‑management process. Its talent‑mapping methodology ensures the right candidates are identified for every level, while continuous funnel audits and recruiter training help clients build long‑term, high‑performance teams.
Job Description
We're looking for a deeply technical, product-driven applied scientist to help scale and operationalize our ADFA and lip sync work. This role exists to support and amplify ongoing research by owning model training pipelines, metrics, evaluation, and data workflows.
Requirements
- MSc OR PhD + Industry experience working in the domains of 3D Computer Vision, Speech Synthesis, Computer Graphics, or related field
- Proficiency in Python, with a strong foundation in computer science and problem-solving
- Expertise with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch) and vision tools (OpenCV)
- High degree of proficiency in math and statistical methods for signal processing
- Experience with audio-visual learning, multimodal fusion, and/or 3D audio-driven face animation
- Experience with speech modeling and speech synthesis with deep neural networks
- Outstanding communication skills for collaboration with scientists, research/ML engineers, and VFX artists
Benefits
- Autonomy
- A hybrid working environment
- Competitive Salary
- Generous stock options
