# Research Engineer, Generative Video at Captions

- Company: Captions
- What the company does: Captions is an AI video generator and editor that makes it easy to go from idea to ready-to-share content. Get great videos every time, no matter your skillset. Backed by Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.captions.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Union Square, New York City
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $175K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mirage/48f6319b-9db8-45ae-b328-1f59547cde95
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/captions-research-engineer-generative-video/

## About the role

Improve efficiency across training and inference (memory, latency, cost) Implement techniques such as distillation, quantization, and pruning to aggressively accelerate diffusion and autoregressive generation

Tags: Engineering