Job Details

Senior Research Scientist (Finetuning)

Base pay range: $230,000.00 – $360,000.00 per year.

Company Overview

At TwelveLabs, we pioneer frontier multimodal foundation models that can see, hear and understand the world as humans do. Our models redefine the standards in video‑language modeling, enabling developers to build programs with state‑of‑the‑art semantic search, summarization and analysis capabilities. We have raised $107 million in Seed + Series A funding from leading VC & corporate partners including NVIDIA, NEA, Radical Ventures, Index Ventures, Snowflake and Databricks. Our advisory team features AI visionaries such as Fei‑Fei Li, Silvio Savarese, Alexandr Wang. We are headquartered in San Francisco with a strong presence in Seoul, underscoring our commitment to global innovation.

About the Science Team

The Science team leads multimodal AI research, tackling critical challenges in video understanding. Core research areas include video embedding and search, multimodal language models that reason over video content, and intelligent agents that interact with and analyze video data. We integrate research outcomes directly into products and platforms, working closely with Engineering and Product teams in a collaborative culture.

About the Role

As a Senior Research Scientist (Finetuning), you will drive core technology research and shape its direction. Your responsibilities include pioneering work in videos understanding, multimodal learning and AI agents; identifying critical research problems; designing innovative solutions and running experiments; developing data strategies and evaluation methodologies; leading finetuning efforts for video embedding and video language models; collaborating with MLE and Solutions Engineering to productionize finetuning; and communicating findings to the broader research roadmap.

Qualifications

• Strong research experience in video (multimodal) understanding, large language models, domain adaptation, representation learning or action recognition, supported by past projects and publications.
• Independent project leadership from ideation to execution.
• Proficiency in Python and PyTorch.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English. Korean language skills are a bonus.
• Ph.D. or Master's degree in computer science, AI or related field, plus significant research experience. Experience deploying large-scale ML models in production or optimizing large-model training is a major plus.
• A ferocious learner, kind and fun team player who motivates others.

Benefits and Perks

• An open and inclusive culture.
• Collaboration with a mission‑driven team on cutting‑edge AI technology.
• Full health, dental and vision benefits.
• Flexible PTO and parental leave policy; office closed the week of Christmas and New Years.
• VISA support (H1B, OPT transfer for US employees).

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Other; Industries: Software Development

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