Want to know if this job is worth applying to?
Palo Alto, California, United States
Onsite
RadixArk is seeking a Member of Technical Staff — Inference-Multimodal & Diffusion to advance the frontier of generative modeling.
You will work on cutting-edge diffusion and flow-based models for image, video, and multimodal generation, pushing model quality, efficiency, and scalability. This role combines deep research thinking with strong engineering execution — from designing novel algorithms to training and deploying models at scale.
Your work will directly shape next-generation generative AI systems used by researchers, developers, and real-world applications.
This is a high-impact role for engineers and researchers who want to push the limits of generative models in both theory and practice.
5+ years of experience in ML research or applied ML engineering
Strong expertise in diffusion models or generative models (DDPM, DDIM, latent diffusion, flow matching, etc.)
Deep understanding of deep learning fundamentals and optimization
Proven experience training large-scale models on GPUs/TPUs
Strong proficiency in PyTorch or JAX
Experience implementing research ideas into working systems
Strong mathematical foundation in probability, statistics, and optimization
Ability to move from research prototypes to production-quality models
Publications in top-tier conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc.)
Experience with large-scale distributed training
Experience in multimodal generation (text-to-image, video, audio)
Familiarity with transformer architectures and hybrid models
Experience improving sampling speed and generation efficiency
Contributions to open-source generative model projects
Experience scaling models to billions of parameters
Design and develop next-generation diffusion and generative models
Improve model quality, controllability, and sample efficiency
Research and implement novel training and sampling methods
Optimize models for large-scale distributed training
Collaborate with systems teams to scale training and inference
Translate research ideas into practical production systems
Evaluate models using rigorous metrics and benchmarks
Contribute to long-term research and product direction in generative AI
RadixArk is an infrastructure-first company built by engineers who've shipped production AI systems, created SGLang (30K+ GitHub stars, the fastest open LLM serving engine), and developed Miles (our large-scale RL framework). Founded by AI infrastructure veterans from xAI and NVIDIA, we're on a mission to democratize frontier-level AI infrastructure by building world-class open systems for inference and training. Our team has optimized kernels serving billions of tokens daily, designed distributed training systems coordinating 10,000+ GPUs, and contributed to infrastructure that powers leading AI companies and research labs.
Depending on background, skills, and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $200,000 - $400,000 USD + equity.
RadixArk is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more.
