Full-Time

Machine Learning Engineer: 3D Generative AI

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Genies

Genies

201-500 employees

Creates customizable digital avatars for users

VR & AR
Consumer Software
Entertainment

Compensation Overview

$165k - $230kAnnually

+ Equity Compensation

Mid, Senior

San Mateo, CA, USA

This is a hybrid position, which may require some in-office days.

Category
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
AI Research
AI & Machine Learning
Required Skills
Python
Tensorflow
Pytorch
Machine Learning

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Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Graphics, or a related field with a strong emphasis on machine learning and artificial intelligence.
  • Minimum of 3 years of professional industry / research experience in machine learning, computer vision, or computer graphics.
  • Proficiency in Python programming and extensive experience with AI/DL Frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  • Experience in multimodal training for 3D computer vision and graphics, such as: Generative models (e.g., diffusion, GANs, VAEs, flow-based), Advanced architectures like Transformers, Volumetric differentiable rendering techniques with Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) or Gaussian Splatting.
  • Excellent teamwork skills, effective in working with cross-functional teams and engaging stakeholders.
  • Ability to communicate complex ideas to non-technical audiences.
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with R&D and Application teams to integrate AI/ML solutions into our avatar creation ecosystem, leveraging advanced 3D computer vision (CV) and computer graphics (CG) techniques.
  • Design, train, fine-tune, accelerate, optimize, and deploy ML models and technical frameworks.
  • Utilize a strong understanding of computer graphics pipelines, computational geometry, and 3D principles to synthesize meshes, images, and/or motion.
  • Apply practical expertise in implementing white paper concepts to develop user-facing creative technologies.
  • Manage ML framework resources and infrastructure, including dataset management, client/cloud computing options, experiment tracking and model deployment techniques.
  • Partner with Product and Creative teams to refine AI/ML-powered creation tools and interfaces.
  • Communicate technical decisions and project updates to stakeholders such as engineers, designers, and product managers.
  • Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies in AI and advise on their strategic integration into innovative solutions.
Desired Qualifications
  • Industry experience with AI-driven content creation as it relates to games or animation, including: 3D reconstruction, Object and body tracking, 3D geometry analysis (segmentation & tagging), Generative models for avatars and textures, Avatar behavioral systems.
  • Publication track record at top conferences (e.g., SIGGRAPH, CVPR, NeurIPS, ECCV, ICCV, ICML)
  • Contributions to popular open-source machine learning projects

Genies.com creates dynamic digital avatars that resemble and think like their users, allowing for personalized digital representation in online activities like social media and gaming. Users can customize their avatars' appearance, clothing, and personality traits, enabling authentic expression in the digital realm. The company operates on a freemium model, offering basic avatar creation for free while charging for premium features and partnering with brands for avatar-based marketing. Genies.com aims to lead in the avatar technology sector, helping users navigate the evolving landscape of digital identity.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$248.3M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Growing demand for digital fashion boosts Genies' Silver Studio platform.
  • Celebrity adoption of avatars enhances brand engagement and monetization opportunities.
  • Expansion of UGC platforms aligns with Genies' Party tech stack for dynamic identities.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from tech giants like Meta and Apple in avatar technology.
  • Reliance on celebrity endorsements may risk brand image if controversies arise.
  • Privacy concerns over AI avatars' data handling could affect user trust.

What makes Genies unique

  • Genies offers a unique avatar technology with AI-driven personalized interactions.
  • Partnerships with Universal and Warner Music Group enhance Genies' cultural influence.
  • Genies' AR Developer Kit enables interoperable avatar experiences across platforms.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Bereavement Leave

Hybrid Work Options

Professional Development Budget

Wellness Program

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-7%

1 year growth

-8%

2 year growth

-8%
Genies
Aug 30th, 2022
Genies Inc. launched Genies Studio app on Aug 30th 22'.

Today Genies Inc. is announcing the officialllll release of the Genies Studio app (AHHHH !!!)

VentureBeat
Jul 11th, 2024
Genies Launches Creator And Partner Network For Avatar Ip Innovation

GamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love. Start playing games here. Genies has introduced the Genies Creator Partner Network to enable brands and others to develop and commercialize digital avatars.The network consists of Genies’ roster of celebrity creators — famous people who create an avatar of themselves as digital personae — along with a growing rolodex of innovative tech, brand and agency partners who can now enable ways for talent to activate their Genies and expand their avatar intellectual property. Through Genies’ suite of tools, such as its Avatar Framework, the company has enabled compatibility and customization of their avatars, which unlocks the ability to create a wide range of unique avatar experiences. This provides creators with the comfort and value of a persistent virtual identity, while giving partners a jumpstart with their activation builds. Over recent years, renowned figures such as Paris Hilton, Migos, Justin Bieber, and new stars like Lay Bankz, JVKE, and Lil Durk have harnessed their avatars to connect with fans in various ways. For creators, these avatars transcend simple digital representations, becoming powerful storytelling and commercialization tools—valuable pieces of intellectual property (IP), Genies said. Lil Snack GamesBeatGamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love

VentureBeat
May 29th, 2024
Genies Nabs Former Netflix Games Creative Director To Run Games

GamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love. Start playing games here. Genies, a maker of social avatars, has hired former Netflix Games creative director Andrew Chambers the head of its games studio.Genies has been building and releasing a suite of tools, such as its unique avatar and interoperable frameworks, to enable anyone to create their own avatar experiences and platforms. With over 25 years of experience helping to shape the gaming industry, Chambers will help deploy an already created immersive, gamified, and interoperable digital identity layer for the internet.“We’ve been on a mission of creating technology that resembles an ‘open-source Roblox model’ where all interactive experiences are interoperable with one another. As the world becomes more immersive and we see more demand, Andrew will execute the game mechanics of how interoperability will work across all universes,” said Akash Nigam, CEO of Genies, in a statement. “By creating and offering interoperability, users can properly invest and build their persistent digital identity, an avatar, which we believe will be the next username of the internet

PR Newswire
Aug 8th, 2023
Genies 3.0: Celebrities Are Bringing Ai To Their Genies Avatars To Power Personalized Gameplay In Their Mini Games Social Network

Genies, Who Has Previously Created Avatars For Shawn Mendes, Rihanna, Nessa Barrett, Jaden Smith And Thousands More, Will Make AI Avatar Feature Available For All Creator AvatarsLOS ANGELES, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genies , culture's leading avatar tech company, announced today the launch of AI avatars for celebrities bringing its avatars to life with personalized interactions and adaptive learning functionality. To date, Genies has been widely adopted by thousands of cultural tastemakers. Now celebrities are training their smart avatars as they will have the ability to deploy them as representations of themselves in Genies' anticipated avatar social network coming this fall, to engage in fully personalized conversations, interactions and gameplay.Genies recently announced its developer kit for college developers allowing them to create their own favorite mini games. These mini games are all interoperable with one another through Genies' ML avatar framework, combining together as one social network. With Genies 3.0, celebrities will now be able to drop their avatars in these mini games, powering automated and personalized gameplay experiences for every user."We've taken the past year to invest in our ML avatar framework to automate avatar interoperability and the personality of these avatars - marking the most significant evolution of our avatars to date

Webrazzi
Apr 3rd, 2023
Nba'In Yıldız Oyuncusu Carmelo Anthony Hangi Teknoloji Girişimlerine Yatırım Yaptı?

ABD'li Carmelo Anthony, en değerli 10 basketbol oyuncusundan biri. Üç kez altın madalya kazanan 38 yaşındaki oyuncu, sadece NBA yıldızlarından biri değil. O da ünlü tenisçi Serena Williams gibi teknoloji dünyasında konuşulan ve tanınan simalarında biri. Şimdiye kadar 160 milyon dolar servete sahip olan oyuncu, 2007 yılından bu yana 9 girişime yaptığı yatırımlarla adından söz ettiriyor.Anthony'nin yaptığı yatırımlar, dijital medya, tüketici interneti, giyilebilir teknolojiler, bağlantılı cihazlar geliştirilen teknoloji girişimler etrafında şekilleniyor. Yatırım yapmak için tüketicilerde yankı uyandıran ve çığır açan ürünler geliştiren girişimler aradığını söylüyor. Carmelo Anthony, basketbol sahasının dışında kalıcı bir miras inşa etmeyi amaçlıyor.Anthony melek yatırımcı olarak telefon aksesuarı alanına odaklanan Mophie'ye 500 bin dolar yatırım yaptı

PR Newswire
Jun 22nd, 2023
Genies Launches $1M Developer Engagement Fund To Incentivize Avatar Experiences Via Their Ar Developer Kit

The First Developers That Can Gain Access to The Fund Will Be Those That Are Accepted Into The Genies Developer Incubator to Build The First Genies XR-Ready ExperiencesThe Developer Kit Provides Three Key Tech Components For Building Avatar Experiences: Avatar Framework, XR Compatibility, and AI Generative Gameplay BotLOS ANGELES, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genies , culture's leading avatar tech company, announced today that it is launching a $1M Developer Engagement Fund for developers building AR experiences for an interoperable avatar social network. The fund will support Avatar Experience builders, allowing them to unlock funding based on performance benchmarks across each individual experience and the collective of all experiences, given the experiences will be built with interoperability in mind.The first developers that will gain access to the Dev Kit and Fund will be those that are selected via application for The Genies Developer Incubator. Through the Incubator and Fund, Genies is looking to empower and foster the next era of developers: Avatar Experience Builders. The Incubator will provide the opportunity for builders to receive mentorship from Genies to support them as they create their Experiences, along with the opportunity to collaborate with other developers as they create and launch the first Genies' XR-ready Experiences.The Genies Dev Kit includes a state-of-the-art Avatar Framework that allows for any type of avatar variety and aesthetic, an AI Generative Gameplay Bot to help craft interoperable Experiences and generate gameplay, and XR Compatibility allowing for embodiment with high performance and quality. This tech will allow developers to create a variety of Experiences ranging all the way from mini games to social worlds and allow their AR Experiences to be brought together in a shared ecosystem as an interoperable avatar social network."Avatars are now prerequisites for any interactive and social experiences for the future of hardware that is now upon us," said Akash Nigam, CEO of Genies. "We've been dreaming about this moment for years and we're excited to help power and create the use cases for this new reality."The debut of Genies' Avatar Social Network is expected to roll out this fall with the initial set of Experiences being built by developers that participate in the Incubator, with dozens more launching through the end of year, eventually connecting millions of AR Experiences for users to transport their Genies and Things into a variety of use cases.Application & EligibilityDevelopers applying for the Genies Developer Incubator will be evaluated based on their product-minded and entrepreneurial prowess, their previous experience with Unity or other gaming/XR projects, and their ability to think creatively around how they would leverage Genies' avatars and tools to enhance the overall AR experience

Google News
Aug 8th, 2023
GENIES 3.0: CELEBRITIES ARE BRINGING AI TO THEIR GENIES AVATARS TO POWER PERSONALIZED GAMEPLAY IN THEIR MINI GAMES SOCIAL NETWORK

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genies, culture's leading avatar tech company, announced today the launch of AI avatars for celebrities bringing its avatars to life with personalized interactions and adaptive learning functionality.

VentureBeat
Nov 19th, 2024
Genies Launches Parties For Brands And Creators To Launch Their Own ‘Ai Roblox’

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn MoreGenies, a culture-focused avatar technology company, has launched Parties after developing its foundational technology stack since the last fundraise.Genies equips intellectual property owners and creators with a suite of avatar technology and user-generated content (UGC) tools to co-create and launch their own Parties — gaming platforms driven by AI avatars, user-generated content, and personalized gameplay. Genies raised a whopping $150 million in 2022, and it has been busy ever since.“The ‘next internet’ is already upon us as the convergence of AI, gaming, and XR become more and more realized – mobile apps will soon start to look like ‘mini Robloxes’ powered by two key defining themes: smart avatars and UGC,” said Akash Nigam, CEO of Genies, in a statement. “Traditional usernames and profiles will transform into smart avatar identities and fans will become co-creators of a brand’s IP through UGC. Our Party tech stack, which enables dynamic identities, UGC, and interoperability, is at the core of the Genies’ mission to power the next layer of the internet.”Genies is touting smart avatars.Genies’ technology stack focuses on powering dynamic avatars, unlocking a variety of quality user-generated content, and enabling interoperability so that a user can seamlessly travel from one Party to the next.For IP partners, this technology transforms their online presence into their own Party, unlocking the ability for their audience to build relationships with their Smart Avatars and co-create an infinite supply of UGC games, avatars, fashion, and more, all of which is built around their IP.“Disney’s $1.5 billion deal with Epic Games is a major indicator of how UGC-driven platforms are becoming a central pillar for brands to engage with their audiences,” said Nigam. “This partnership, along with the growing number of brands activating within platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, signals that more and more IP owners will look to launch their own UGC worlds

ChainKing
Sep 12th, 2023
Unicorn Avatar Genies Launch $500K Digital Fashion Fund - Get the Details Here

Genies, the metaverse avatar tech company, has announced their next moves: launching The Workshop, a platform of 3D design tools and creative prompts for digital artists to create Genies-ready digital clothing and object assets.

VentureBeat
Aug 8th, 2023
Genies Adds Ai To Its Personalized Avatars For Celebrities

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. . Genies has announced AI avatars for celebrities, adding personalized interactions and adaptive learning functionality to Genies avatars. Over the past few years, Genies has amassed a big roster of celebrities and cultural tastemakers as users for its animated avatars for digital appearances.And now Genies has empowered celebrities to train their smart avatars, enabling them to deploy these AI representations of themselves in Genies’ upcoming avatar social network, set to launch in the fall. These AI avatars will engage users in fully personalized conversations, interactions, and gameplay experiences, said Akash Nigam, CEO of Genies, in an interview with GamesBeat.“What we’ve been known for over the past few years has definitely been our celebrity adoption,” Nigam said. “Genies has been providing avatars to celebrities to be able to monetize life-defining moments.”.