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Cantina Labs

Research Scientist, Real-Time Video Generation

Europe +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026

Location
Europe
United States

About the job

Research and develop real-time video generation models for interactive characters, improving their visual quality, consistency, responsiveness, expression, and efficiency.

What you'll do

  • Develop and evaluate streaming generation, fine-tuning, distillation, and inference optimization approaches.
  • Improve character appearance, facial expression, gestures, body movement, and speech-motion alignment; identify and address data gaps and failure modes.
  • Build evaluations, run experiments, and share findings to guide research priorities.

What they ask for

  • Experience training or fine-tuning video or related generative models.
  • Ability to learn unfamiliar methods quickly and turn ideas into useful experiments.
  • Good experimental judgment, ownership, and clear communication.

AI focus

Research and development of real-time video generation for interactive characters, including streaming generation, fine-tuning, distillation, inference optimization, data development, and evaluation.

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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)