Sobre este puesto de Senior AI Researcher en Cloudinary
About the Role
Cloudinary powers thousands of websites and mobile applications, managing and delivering billions of images and videos every day.
AI is transforming the way visual media is created, edited, optimized, and experienced. At Cloudinary, we are building the next generation of AI-powered media capabilities - combining cutting-edge Generative AI technologies with production-scale infrastructure and real-world customer impact.
We are looking for a Senior AI Researcher to join our Research Group and help shape the future of intelligent media experiences at scale.
In this role, you will research and develop innovative AI-driven solutions for images and videos, explore emerging Generative AI technologies, train and adapt state-of-the-art models, and turn research ideas into scalable production-ready capabilities used by millions worldwide.
You will work closely with researchers, engineers, and product teams to identify opportunities where AI can create unique differentiators for Cloudinary and deliver meaningful value to customers.
Responsibilities
Research and develop novel AI-based solutions for image and video understanding, generation, transformation, and optimization.
Explore and evaluate the latest advances in Generative AI and multimodal models, and identify practical applications for Cloudinary products.
Train, fine-tune, evaluate, and optimize large-scale AI models and pipelines.
Design scalable approaches for serving AI models efficiently in production environments handling billions of assets.
Prototype new ideas rapidly and collaborate with engineering teams to bring research innovations into production.
Investigate opportunities to create proprietary models, unique workflows, and differentiated AI capabilities.
Stay up to date with the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem, including open-source and commercial foundation models.
Collaborate across research, engineering, and product teams to define future AI-driven experiences and capabilities.
Help shape the technical direction of Cloudinary’s AI initiatives.
Requirements
MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field - or equivalent industry experience.
5+ years of experience in software development and/or applied AI research.
Strong hands-on experience with modern AI and Generative AI technologies.
Experience training, fine-tuning, evaluating, and deploying AI models.
Strong Python programming skills.
Experience with modern AI frameworks and ecosystems such as PyTorch, Diffusers, Transformers, or similar.
Experience working with large-scale distributed cloud environments.
Ability to take research ideas from concept through experimentation and into production.
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to Have
Background in computer vision, image processing, or video technologies.
Experience with multimodal AI models and media generation workflows.
Familiarity with optimization and inference acceleration techniques.
Experience building scalable AI infrastructure or model-serving systems.
Contributions to research publications, open-source projects, or AI communities.
Experience working in production environments serving large-scale applications.
