Machine Learning Engineer, Training Infrastructure

Hedra, a pioneering generative media company backed by top investors including Index, A16Z, and Abstract Ventures, is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to join their team. The company is building Hedra Studio, a groundbreaking multimodal creation platform powered by their Character-3 foundation model - the first omnimodal model in production that jointly processes image, text, and audio for intelligent video generation.

The role focuses on managing and optimizing computational infrastructure for training and deploying machine learning models, particularly 3DVAE and video diffusion models. The ideal candidate should have 3+ years of experience in high-performance computing systems and expertise in managing ML workloads at scale.

Key responsibilities include designing scalable computing solutions, managing cloud infrastructure, optimizing system performance, and ensuring the platform can handle resource-intensive tasks associated with training large generative models. The position requires strong technical skills in cloud computing platforms, containerization technologies, and distributed training techniques.

The company offers a collaborative, in-person work environment in San Francisco with a team passionate about transforming content creation. Benefits include competitive compensation with equity, healthcare coverage, 401k, and office perks. This is an opportunity to join a cutting-edge AI company working on next-generation content creation technology.