Gen AI Innovation Specialist
Job Summary
Job Description
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).
10 skills required
Job Details
Brahma is a pioneering enterprise AI company developing Astras, AI-native products built to help enterprises and creators innovate at scale. Brahma enables teams to break creative bottlenecks, accelerate storytelling, and deliver standout content with speed and efficiency. Part of the DNEG Group, Brahma brings together Hollywood’s leading creative technologists, innovators in AI and Generative AI, and thought leaders in the ethical creation of AI content.
Gen AI Innovation specialists are experts in Audiovisual Generative AI with active engagement in its surrounding communities. They are responsible for identifying and evaluating cutting edge technologies and workflows, across both open and closed-source ecosystems, and independently prototyping POC implementations aligned with the company’s needs.
This team operates at the intersection of research and product/creative teams. Functioning as an applied extension of the research group, they follow research sprints serving as the first point of contact for implementing and testing in-house developments. While leveraging their domain expertise, and insights from product and creative collaborators, to offer the research department valuable context and well-informed proposals for potential new directions.
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
Must Haves
- 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.
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About The Company
DNEG is a world-leading visual entertainment services company for the creation of feature film, television, and multiplatform content, with worldwide offices and studios across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
DNEG’s critically acclaimed work has earned the company seven Academy Awards® for Best Visual Effects and numerous BAFTA, Primetime EMMY® Awards and VES Awards for its high-quality VFX work.
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