AI Anime Researcher - LLM

About the role

You will join a small but extremely talented team to define a new kind of video game experience. You'll work alongside top otaku minds in the industry, including the creator of Warudo and Cytoid, a Google Deepmind veteran behind Project Astra, and top-tier AI researchers.

Responsibilities

• Work on defining and implementing an AI companion for the game who cooperates with players in puzzles, remembers across worlds, and influences gameplay.
• Collaborate with the team to integrate the AI companion into the game mechanics, ensuring seamless and engaging interactions.
• Contribute to the development of the in-house LLM storytelling system, pushing the boundaries of AI-driven narrative in video games.
• Work closely with the team to ensure the AI companion's performance meets the game's requirements and enhances the player experience.

Requirements

• Published or industry experience with LLM post-training.
• A deep understanding of LLM training and evaluation with attention to detail.
• Bonus if your post-training work is focused on roleplay.
• Bonus if you have worked on latency optimization.
• Experience interacting with the character in real-time.
• Experience working on gathering human feedback, such as designing a RLHF-style voting system or analyzing human-AI interaction logs.
• Experience in training LLMs, including knowledge of data processing backend, deterministic and checkpointable data loaders, sharding, memory-saving techniques, scalable benchmarking, and checkpoint selection.

Qualifications

• Loves anime and the anime aesthetic.
• Comfortable working on small, fast-paced teams.
• Excellence in balancing research exploration with product-focused development.
• Ability to effectively work with research teams to synthesize high-impact needs, design and implement technical solutions, and communicate deliverables and tradeoffs.

Skills

• Strong programming skills in relevant languages (e.g., Python, Rust).
• Experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Knowledge of natural language processing and AI algorithms.
• Experience with game development tools and engines.

Benefits

• Generous computing resources for model training.
• Opportunity to work with top-tier AI researchers and engineers.
• International opportunities in Tokyo and San Francisco.
• Visa sponsorship for qualified candidates.

Pay

We offer competitive compensation packages tailored to individual qualifications and experience.

Schedule

The position offers flexible hours to accommodate the unique demands of AI research and game development.