27 Modeling jobs in the United Arab Emirates

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Job Description:

BIM Modeling Analyst

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talentedBIM Modeling Analyst to join our team! In this role you will get tocreate detailed documented records and maintained them to ensure clarity of the process and outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Support the Design and Project Delivery Team(s) in day-to-day BIM implementation activities.

• Collaborate and coordinate with the BIM Manager for design-changes and model challenges.

• Develop Civil3D Templates, pipe parts, structures and smart blocks.

• Develop alignments, profiles, pipe networks (pressure and gravity) and to be familiar with creating and consuming Data shortcut.

• Develop production template/title blocks.

• Perform cut & fill analysis and extract quantities from the models.

• Support the setup, development, configuration, establishment of the Common Data Environment (CDE) for Project use.

• Perform as gate keeper for CDE (ProjectWise and ACC) for their disciplines.

• Develop and maintain Quality Assurance and Control templates following the organization's and Project’s quality procedures and the Project's BIM production methods and standards.

• Measure and ensure the highest quality for all BIM package submissions in accordance with Project standards and requirements.

• Perform Quality Assurance and Control checks on models and maintain tracker (both hard and soft copies) to confirm geometrical and non-geometrical information compliance with the Project's design and BIM requirements.

• Review, monitor and report on the development of clash interference and fully coordinated models.

• Conduct clash detection and visual walkthroughs.

• Prepare own discipline model and/or content for internal reviews and coordination meetings.

• Collaborate and coordinate with the BIM Manager design-changes and model challenges.

• Prepare models and reports for constructability analysis.

• Validate and export model geometry and data to schedules for internal design and commercial activities.

• Perform Quality Assurance and Control checks and report deviations of installation with approved coordinated models.

• Monitor, perform quality checks and report on the quality of as-built models.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Engineering from an accredited institution.

• Minimum 5 years experience of depth working knowledge on BIM delivery projects.

• Infrastructure projects with utility modelling experience

• Knowledge of BIM codes and Standards (ISO19650, PAS1192-2, BS1192).

• Knowledge of General BIM Model requirements (i.e., LOD, Naming convention, parametric modeling, etc.)

• Able to demonstrate (skill assessment) ability to set up new Civil 3D project files for the team

• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and multitasking ability

• Produce Civil 3D models according to project requirements.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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Yellow Door Energy is the leading sustainable energy partner for businesses in the Middle East and Africa. Our solar and energy efficiency solutions enable commercial and industrial customers to reduce energy costs, improve power reliability, and lower carbon emissions. Backed by global investors—including Actis, IFC, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and TAEF—we are driving the region’s energy transition and empowering a more sustainable future.

YDE presents a unique opportunity for a talented individual to join the company and lead a quantitative team focused on driving the financial modeling efforts of the company. The Financial Modeling Manager must have substantial experience in complex financial modeling and be excited about bringing clean energy solutions to businesses in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa.

This role reports to the Head of Financial Modeling and collaborates closely with teams across Corporate Finance, Business Development, and Strategy.

Key Responsibilities & Results Areas

• Lead the development, automation, and maintenance of complex, fully-integrated financial models for corporate and project-level decision-making.
• Manage portfolio-level models incorporating funding structures, inter-company eliminations, and cross-border structuring.
• Build models that are dynamic, auditable, and scalable—enabling deep scenario/sensitivity analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, and stress testing.
• Automate data inputs and refresh processes using VBA, Power Query, and other tools to reduce manual workload and increase accuracy.

Strategic Transactions & Investment Support

• Support strategic initiatives including capital raising, M&A, and project finance, providing robust quantitative analysis to enable data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to prepare investment papers, valuation models, and financial presentations for lenders, investors, and boards.
• Participate in due diligence processes, assessing risks, and validating assumptions used in financial models.
• Lead a team of Associate Modelers, setting high technical standards and ensuring consistency across all modeling outputs.
• Spearhead the creation of a central code library, reusable templates, peer-review processes, and KPI tracking tools.
• Drive training programs to upskill the team and embed a strong culture of continuous improvement, model discipline, and technical rigor.
• Partner with the Finance and Accounting teams to integrate historical actuals, forward-looking assumptions, and accounting treatments (e.g., lease accounting, dividends, inter-company transactions).
• Maintain and evolve the corporate business plan, enabling accurate forecasting, reporting, and decision-making at the executive level.
• Deliver concise, actionable insights through dashboards, scenario models, and management reports.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, or Computer Science.
• At least 6+ years’ experience in financial modeling within renewable energy, infrastructure, project finance, or corporate finance.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, VBA, and working with databases or automation tools (e.g., Power Query, SQL).
• Strong understanding of model consolidation, capital structuring, and model audit principles.
• Demonstrated experience in closing or supporting complex financial transactions (M&A, capital raising, structured finance).

Preferred:

• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Knowledge of Monte Carlo simulations, scenario planning, and valuation methodologies.
• Experience working across Middle East, Africa, or South Asia.
• Familiarity with renewable energy markets, especially in solar PV or hybrid systems.

At Yellow Door Energy, your work directly accelerates the clean energy transition across emerging markets. You’ll have the opportunity to shape investment decisions, partner with senior executives, and lead a highly capable financial modeling team—all in a company backed by top-tier investors and driven by purpose.

Apply Now to join a business where your quantitative skills help power a sustainable future.

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• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionFinance
• IndustriesRenewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing, Services for Renewable Energy, and Electric Power Generation

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Job Summary

The primary objective of this position is to lead Research for Development (R4D) initiatives focused on hydrological and water modeling. The role aims to explore the complex interactions between water systems, climate change, and land use to enhance water management practices at the basin and sub-basin levels. By developing innovative models, decision support tools, and integrated water management strategies, this role aims to boost agricultural water productivity, strengthen the resilience of ecosystems, and support sustainable livelihoods for farmers.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the design, execution and analysis of hydrological and water balance models, including the forecasting and management of water flows, droughts, and floods and other water-related risks.
• Conduct integrated watershed and river basin management research, developing simulation for hydrological runoffs, stream and ground water dynamics across basin and sub-basins.
• Develop and refine water allocation and planning models that optimize water distribution to multiple stakeholders, balancing agricultural, industrial and ecological demand.
• Design and implement seasonal (winter and summer) irrigation management plans that align with crop water requirements, climatic conditions, and resource availability, ensuring sustainable agricultural productivity.
• Lead the development of decision support tools tailored to arid and semi-arid regions.
• Secure internal and external funding through proposal development and engagement with national and international donors, research institutions, and network partners to support ongoing and new research initiatives.
• Organize and participate in international and regional workshops, conferences, training sessions and capacity-building programs to disseminate research findings, build capacity among scientists and practitioners, and influence policymaking in water management.
• Publish high-impact scientific papers and technical reports in leading journals, contributing to the global body of knowledge in hydrology and water resources management.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• PhD in Hydrology, Water Resource Management, Natural Resources Management, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in hydrological and water modeling research, with a strong focus on applied research for irrigation and agricultural water management
• Proficiency with advanced hydrological modeling software, including but not limited to SWAT, RIBASIM, LIS, HEC HMS, and other relevant tools for simulation and scenario analysis.
• Expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning techniques, and programming skills in R, Python, or other relevant languages for data analysis and model development.
• Proven track record of working in international or multicultural environments, with experience leading multidisciplinary research teams.
• Strong ability to independently design, manage, and conduct field research in diverse and challenging settings.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated success in securing research funding from international donors and managing research budgets.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with a strong publication record in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Desirable:

• Experience in river basin water management, with an emphasis on integrated approaches that consider hydrology, ecology, and human water use.
• Proficiency in remote sensing and GIS technologies for processing satellite imagery and downscaling data to local scale for practical applications.
• Experience developing decision support systems and tools that incorporate AI and data analytics for adaptive water management in water-scarce regions.
• Familiarity with climate change adaptation strategies and policies related to water resources management.

Additional Skills:

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to mentor junior researchers and build capacity within the team.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver results on time and within budget.
• Highly analytical, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to develop innovative solutions to complex water management challenges.

How to apply

Please attach an updated cover letter and C.V. combined in one PDF file along with two names as references in the below link :-

Scientist – Water Modeling | International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

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When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We've got what you're looking for.
**Job Description:**
**BIM Modeling Analyst**
**Abu Dhabi, UAE**
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented **BIM Modeling Analyst** to join our team! In this role you will get to create detailed documented records and maintained them to ensure clarity of the process and outcomes **.**
**What You'll Be Doing:**
+ Support the Design and Project Delivery Team(s) in day-to-day BIM implementation activities.
+ Collaborate and coordinate with the BIM Manager for design-changes and model challenges.
+ Develop Civil3D Templates, pipe parts, structures and smart blocks.
+ Develop alignments, profiles, pipe networks (pressure and gravity) and to be familiar with creating and consuming Data shortcut.
+ Develop production template/title blocks.
+ Perform cut & fill analysis and extract quantities from the models.
+ Support the setup, development, configuration, establishment of the Common Data Environment (CDE) for Project use.
+ Perform as gate keeper for CDE (ProjectWise and ACC) for their disciplines.
+ Develop and maintain Quality Assurance and Control templates following the organization's and Project's quality procedures and the Project's BIM production methods and standards.
+ Measure and ensure the highest quality for all BIM package submissions in accordance with Project standards and requirements.
+ Perform Quality Assurance and Control checks on models and maintain tracker (both hard and soft copies) to confirm geometrical and non-geometrical information compliance with the Project's design and BIM requirements.
+ Review, monitor and report on the development of clash interference and fully coordinated models.
+ Conduct clash detection and visual walkthroughs.
+ Prepare own discipline model and/or content for internal reviews and coordination meetings.
+ Collaborate and coordinate with the BIM Manager design-changes and model challenges.
+ Prepare models and reports for constructability analysis.
+ Validate and export model geometry and data to schedules for internal design and commercial activities.
+ Perform Quality Assurance and Control checks and report deviations of installation with approved coordinated models.
+ Monitor, perform quality checks and report on the quality of as-built models.
**What Required Skills You'll Bring:**
+ Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Engineering from an accredited institution.
+ Minimum 5 years experience of depth working knowledge on BIM delivery projects.
+ Infrastructure projects with utility modelling experience
+ Knowledge of BIM codes and Standards (ISO19650, PAS1192-2, BS1192).
+ Knowledge of General BIM Model requirements (i.e., LOD, Naming convention, parametric modeling, etc.)
+ Able to demonstrate (skill assessment) ability to set up new Civil 3D project files for the team
+ Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and multitasking ability
+ Produce Civil 3D models according to project requirements.
Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
We truly invest and care about our employee's wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-APPLY TODAY!
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About Us
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. With nearly 75 years of experience, Parsons is uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide.
Parsons is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LGBTQ+.
For more about Parsons, visit parsons.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next

When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We've got what you're looking for.

Job Description:

BIM Modeling Analyst

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talentedBIM Modeling Analyst to join our team In this role you will get tocreate detailed documented records and maintained them to ensure clarity of the process and outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Support the Design and Project Delivery Team(s) in day-to-day BIM implementation activities.

• Collaborate and coordinate with the BIM Manager for design-changes and model challenges.

• Develop Civil3D Templates, pipe parts, structures and smart blocks.

• Develop alignments, profiles, pipe networks (pressure and gravity) and to be familiar with creating and consuming Data shortcut.

• Develop production template/title blocks.

• Perform cut & fill analysis and extract quantities from the models.

• Support the setup, development, configuration, establishment of the Common Data Environment (CDE) for Project use.

• Perform as gate keeper for CDE (ProjectWise and ACC) for their disciplines.

• Develop and maintain Quality Assurance and Control templates following the organization's and Project's quality procedures and the Project's BIM production methods and standards.

• Measure and ensure the highest quality for all BIM package submissions in accordance with Project standards and requirements.

• Perform Quality Assurance and Control checks on models and maintain tracker (both hard and soft copies) to confirm geometrical and non-geometrical information compliance with the Project's design and BIM requirements.

• Review, monitor and report on the development of clash interference and fully coordinated models.

• Conduct clash detection and visual walkthroughs.

• Prepare own discipline model and/or content for internal reviews and coordination meetings.

• Collaborate and coordinate with the BIM Manager design-changes and model challenges.

• Prepare models and reports for constructability analysis.

• Validate and export model geometry and data to schedules for internal design and commercial activities.

• Perform Quality Assurance and Control checks and report deviations of installation with approved coordinated models.

• Monitor, perform quality checks and report on the quality of as-built models.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Engineering from an accredited institution.

• Minimum 5 years experience of depth working knowledge on BIM delivery projects.

• Infrastructure projects with utility modelling experience

• Knowledge of BIM codes and Standards (ISO19650, PAS1192-2, BS1192).

• Knowledge of General BIM Model requirements (i.e., LOD, Naming convention, parametric modeling, etc.)

• Able to demonstrate (skill assessment) ability to set up new Civil 3D project files for the team

• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and multitasking ability

• Produce Civil 3D models according to project requirements.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

We truly invest and care about our employee's wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY

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Are you a finance professional with experience in investment banking and private equity?

">Private Equity Instructor

As a Private Equity Instructor, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality training to students and professionals.

Our mission is to equip finance professionals and students with practical skills and knowledge.

We partner with top-tier investment banks, private equity firms, Fortune 500 companies, and elite undergraduate and MBA programs.

Deliver live in-person and virtual training seminars to corporate clients, top-tier business schools, and professional development programs.

Collaborate on curriculum development, including editing and updating training materials and developing new course content tailored to client needs.

Provide personalized mentorship through one-on-one tutoring sessions.

Complete our Train-the-Trainer Program, a structured professional development initiative for new instructors.

• Key Responsibilities:
• Investment Banking Expertise:
• Private Equity Knowledge:
• Teaching and Mentorship Skills:

What We Are Looking For:

• Experience:
• Minimum 2+ years of investment banking experience at a bulge bracket firm.
• Minimum 2+ years of private equity experience at a leading firm.

• Education:
• MBA from a top business school preferred but not required.

• Skills & Passion:
• Strong accounting, financial modeling, and Excel expertise.
• A genuine passion for teaching and mentoring.

• Availability:
• Commitment to approximately 40 training days per year.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation:
• Highly competitive daily rate.

• Benefits:
• All travel and accommodation expenses covered.
• Paid professional development through our Train-the-Trainer Program.

• Join Our Team:
• Be part of an energetic and entrepreneurial-minded team that values collaboration and innovation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Job Description:

BIM/CAD Modelling Technician

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented BIM/CAD Modelling Technician to join our team! In this role, you will get to work on cutting-edge infrastructure projects.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Utilize a CAD workstation to prepare engineering drawings consisting of basic arrangements, layouts, flow sheets, assemblies, isometrics, etc., from rough sketches and/or from general engineering and design information according to established standards and procedures.

• Utilize technical manuals and directives to ensure compliance with codes and company policies. Become familiar with various standards and codes such as ANSI, PFI, and ASME.

• Compile data and perform dimensional and routine calculations required for the preparation of drawings.

• Understand how to read orthographic (2D) and/or isometric (3D) designs and supplier/manufacturer drawings.

• Ability to create precise and accurate drawings, ensuring all measurements, annotations, and specifications are correct

• Willingness to work collaboratively in a team environment, as CAD drafting often involves coordination with other professionals

• Familiarity with general computer operations, file management, and other software tools like Microsoft Office or project management platforms

• Ability to manage deadlines and prioritize tasks effectively, especially when working on multiple projects

• Capability to troubleshoot design issues and propose solutions to meet project requirements

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Diploma in Civil Engineering/drafting is mandatory.

• Minimum five years demonstrable experience in drafting and CAD experience on infrastructure projects.

• Some experience in BIM processes and software.

• Fluent in English both written and spoken with good capability in oral and written communication skills.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Prepare Abu Dhabi Integrated Transport Center (ITC) circulation plans and drawings according to ITC standards to secure approvals.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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MBZUAI is hiring for a Research Scientist - World Modeling to join our Institute of Foundation Models department.

The Institute of Foundation Models is a dedicated research lab for building, understanding, using, and risk-managing foundation models. Our mandate is to advance research, nurture the next generation of AI builders, and drive transformative contributions to a knowledge-driven economy.

As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work on the core of cutting-edge foundation model training, alongside world-class researchers, data scientists, and engineers, tackling the most fundamental and impactful challenges in AI development.You will participate in the development of groundbreaking AI solutions that have the potential to reshape entire industries. Strategic and innovative problem-solving skills will be instrumental in establishing MBZUAI as a global hub for high-performance computing in deep learning, driving impactful discoveries that inspire the next generation of AI pioneers.

Position Summary

The AllWorld Team sits under the Institute of Foundation Model (IFM) at MBZUAI. At AllWorld, we are pioneering the development of the PAN (Physical, Agentic, and Networked) world models—the next-generation foundation models to unlock machine intelligence beyond lingual.

Our mission is to tackle the fundamental challenges of world modeling and establish a new paradigm for next-generation machine reasoning. We are looking for passionate individuals who share our vision and are eager to push the boundaries of AI together.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the foundational world model to accurately simulate the physical world.
• Collaborate with engineering and data teams to tackle key challenges in training the world model on large-scale clusters.
• Develop metrics and evaluation benchmarks to better assess model performance.
• Design and implement a scalable and efficient data annotation pipeline to ensure high-quality labeled data for training and evaluation.
• Optimize inference efficiency to enable real-time interaction.

Areas of Focus

• Scalable Training Systems: Develop and optimize infrastructure for training multimodal LLMs and video diffusion models at massive scale.
• Efficient Data Pipelines: Build scalable video data pipelines and annotation frameworks to support high-quality training data.
• Inference Optimization: Enhance inference efficiency through optimization and distillation techniques to enable real-time interaction.
• Visual Tokenization: Develop methods for discretizing visual features into tokens for improved model representation.
• Quantitative Evaluation: Establish rigorous benchmarks to assess physical accuracy, controllability, and intelligence.
• Scaling Laws for Video Pretraining: Investigate scaling law principles to guide efficient video pre-training strategies.

Academic Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Machine Learning or Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.

Professional Experience

• Experience in large-scale model training (LLMs or Diffusion Models) on large clusters.
• Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art video generative models (e.g., Sora, Veo2, MovieGen, CogVideoX, etc.).
• Experiences in building and optimizing large-scale video data pipelines.
• Experience in accelerating diffusion model inference for improved efficiency.
• Exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting skills to tackle complex technical challenges.
• Strong systems and engineering expertise in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for effective cross-functional teamwork.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive projects in rapidly evolving research areas.
• Research contributions to top-tier conferences or journals (e.g., ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, ACL, CVPR, COLM, etc.), with published work in relevant domains.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• IndustriesHigher Education and IT Services and IT Consulting

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MBZUAI is hiring for a Research Engineer - World Modeling, to join our Institute of Foundation Models department.

The Institute of Foundation Models is a dedicated research lab for building, understanding, using, and risk-managing foundation models. Our mandate is to advance research, nurture the next generation of AI builders, and drive transformative contributions to a knowledge-driven economy.

As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work on the core of cutting-edge foundation model training, alongside world-class researchers, data scientists, and engineers, tackling the most fundamental and impactful challenges in AI development. You will participate in the development of groundbreaking AI solutions that have the potential to reshape entire industries. Strategic and innovative problem-solving skills will be instrumental in establishing MBZUAI as a global hub for high-performance computing in deep learning, driving impactful discoveries that inspire the next generation of AI pioneers.

Position Summary

As a Research Engineer with the World Model Team, you'll help drive the development of PAN (Physical, Agentic, and Networked) world models — next-generation foundation models designed to push machine intelligence beyond language and into the realm of embodied, contextual reasoning. You'll tackle core technical challenges in world modeling and collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of researchers and engineers. We are looking for passionate individuals who share our vision and are eager to push the boundaries of AI together.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable video data pipelines to support large-scale training.
• Develop data preprocessing, transformation, and synthesis workflows to support world model training.
• Contribute to building high-quality data annotation pipelines to ensure accurate and consistent labels across large-scale datasets.
• Support the training of multimodal foundation models (e.g., video diffusion models, world models) by developing and optimizing distributed training systems.
• Improve inference and serving efficiency for real-time interaction through model optimization and system tuning.
• Monitor system health and performance and contribute to debugging and optimization at scale.
• Work closely with research teams to understand experimental goals and translate ideas into reliable and maintainable infrastructure and tools.
• Integrate novel research prototypes into production-ready systems and ensure reproducibility at scale.
• Participate in design and code reviews, ensuring code quality, efficiency, and compliance with best practices.
• Contribute to the development of tools and infrastructure to evaluate model performance using rigorous quantitative benchmarks, including metrics for physical accuracy and controllability.
• Maintain and extend shared codebases, contribute to internal documentation, and support onboarding of new team members or collaborators.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code for components across the model development lifecycle.
• Support contributions to research papers and demos when engineering work plays a significant role.
• Help represent the team’s engineering excellence in internal and external forums when appropriate.

Academic Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Machine Learning or Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.

Professional Experience - Required

• Proficient in data collection, cleaning, and transformation at scale, including designing robust pipelines for multimodal datasets (e.g., video, audio, text).
• Practical experience with web scraping and crawling frameworks (e.g., scrapy, selenium, playwright, BeautifulSoup) to collect and curate high-quality web-scale datasets.
• Experience in large-scale model training (LLMs or Diffusion Models) on large clusters.
• Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art video generative models (e.g., Sora, Veo2, MovieGen, CogVideoX, etc.).
• Experiences in building and optimizing large-scale video data pipelines.
• Experience in accelerating diffusion model inference for improved efficiency.
• Exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting skills to tackle complex technical challenges.
• Strong systems and engineering expertise in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for effective cross-functional teamwork.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex system-level challenges and debug failures across the training/inference stack (e.g., memory issues, deadlocks, I/O bottlenecks).

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionEngineering and Information Technology
• IndustriesHigher Education and IT Services and IT Consulting

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