# Lead AI Researcher

Hiring organization: [Opus Clip](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/opus-clip)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b7d42fcd-f51b-4ae2-95a6-ee421e1cd775

Listed on Opus Clip's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Salary: 280000 – 380000 USD per year

## Summary

OpusClip seeks a hands-on AI researcher to lead the development and optimization of machine learning models powering their video platform, from training through production deployment. This role combines deep technical expertise in model training and inference optimization with team leadership, suited for someone who has shipped AI systems at scale and enjoys both individual technical contribution and mentoring.

_Our summary, not Opus Clip's wording._

## Skills named

Fine-tuning, LLMs (Large Language Models), Model Compression & Quantization, Model Evaluation

## Required

- Proven experience shipping AI/ML models from prototype to production at scale
- Deep expertise in model post-training including fine-tuning, preference optimization, and evaluation
- Strong inference optimization experience for self-hosted models including latency, throughput, and quantization
- Strong model evaluation skills including offline benchmarks, human evaluation, and online experiments
- Practical experience applying LLMs or multimodal models to video applications
- Familiarity with video-related models and systems including vision-language models and ASR
- Ability to make build-vs-buy decisions across proprietary APIs, open-source models, and internally trained models
- Capable of setting technical roadmap, reviewing architecture, mentoring engineers, and managing a small AI team
- Product-oriented and pragmatic approach to balancing model quality, latency, reliability, and cost

## Nice to have

- Experience with consumer video, creator tools, or high-scale multimodal products
- Distributed training infrastructure experience
- Inference optimization experience for self-hosted models

Apply on Opus Clip's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/opusclip/5e6f0649-5b3c-41e9-86f1-aa28928e56f3/application