Gen AI Innovation Specialist
DNEG
Job Summary
Brahma, an enterprise AI company, is seeking a Gen AI Innovation Specialist with expertise in Audiovisual Generative AI. The role involves identifying, evaluating, and prototyping cutting-edge GenAI technologies and workflows across open and closed-source ecosystems. The specialist will act as a key liaison between research and product/creative teams, implementing and testing in-house developments. Responsibilities include building scalable ComfyUI workflows, maintaining a shared ComfyUI environment, and presenting research findings to both technical and creative audiences. This role requires a deep understanding of generative models, proficiency in Python/PyTorch, experience with data management, and strong community engagement in the Gen AI space.
Must Have
- Experience testing/training photoreal generative models, especially video.
- Setup testing environments for inference and training.
- Proficient with Conda, Git, dependency management.
- Python/PyTorch knowledge for code adaptation.
- Implement existing tools into custom pipelines.
- Manage large training datasets and understand their impact.
- Tune model hyperparameters and understand their effects.
- Collaborate with developers.
- Very proficient in ComfyUI, build workflows, create custom nodes.
- Awareness of Gen AI communities (open/closed-source).
- Independently research and present findings clearly.
- Onboard and train artists in Gen AI.
Good to Have
- Prior experience in a research or R&D environment.
- Background as a creative or developer in a visual field (VFX, arts, visual tech).
Job Description
- Identify and evaluate cutting-edge GenAI technologies and workflows across open and closed-source.
- Prototype proof-of-concept implementations aligned with company needs.
- Act as the first point of contact for implementing and testing in-house research developments.
- Offer research teams valuable context and informed proposals by leveraging product and creative insights.
- Build scalable ComfyUI workflows and help maintain a shared, evolving ComfyUI environment.
- Work as part of a multi disciplinary team to deliver across projects and products.
- Clearly present research findings to developers and creatives, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and examples.
- Professional experience testing and training photoreal generative models, ideally with a focus on video applications.
- Comfortable setting up testing environments for model inference and training. Must be confident with Conda, git, dependency management, and have enough Python/PyTorch knowledge to adapt code to specific requirements.
- Proven experience at effectively implementing existing tools and techniques into wider custom pipelines and workflows.
- Comfortable managing large training datasets. Deep understanding of the effects captioning, curating and enhancing them has on the trained model.
- Comfortable tweaking model tuning hyperparameters, with an understanding of the effects these have on the trained model.
- Experience collaborating with developers (research teams as a bonus).
- Very proficient in ComfyUI. Comfortable building scalable workflows, creating custom nodes where needed, and maintaining a shared, evolving ComfyUI environment.
- Deep engagement and awareness of the Gen AI communities and offerings, across both open and closed-source spaces.
- Comfortable independently researching specific topics, gathering and clearly presenting findings to both developers and creatives - highlighting key strengths, weaknesses, backed by relevant examples.
- Comfortable onboarding and training artists from other disciplines to expand the wider Gen AI artist group.
Nice to Have
- Prior role in a research or RnD-focused environment.
- Professional background either as a creative or a developer in a visual field such as VFX, visual arts, or a visually-driven tech company.