(Remote) Digital Team Lead

Join Tether and Shape the Future of Digital Finance

At Tether, we’re not just building products, we’re pioneering a global financial revolution. By harnessing the power of blockchain technology, Tether enables you to store, send, and receive digital tokens instantly, securely, and globally, all at a fraction of the cost. Tether Finance : Our innovative product suite features the world’s most trusted stablecoin, USDT, relied upon by hundreds of millions worldwide, alongside pioneering digital asset tokenization services.

Tether Power : Driving sustainable growth, our energy solutions optimize excess power for Bitcoin mining using eco‑friendly practices in state‑of‑the‑art, geo‑diverse facilities.

Tether Data : Fueling breakthroughs in AI and peer‑to‑peer technology, we reduce infrastructure costs and enhance global communications with cutting‑edge solutions like KEET, our flagship app that redefines secure and private data sharing.

Tether Education : Democratizing access to top‑tier digital learning, we empower individuals to thrive in the digital and gig economies, driving global growth and opportunity.

Tether Evolution : At the intersection of technology and human potential, we are pushing the boundaries of what is possible, crafting a future where innovation and human capabilities merge in powerful, unprecedented ways.

Our team is a global talent powerhouse, working remotely from every corner of the world. We’ve grown fast, stayed lean, and secured our place as a leader in the industry.

If you have excellent English communication skills and are ready to contribute to the most innovative platform on the planet, Tether is the place for you.

We are hiring a Multimodal & Video lead with a strong technical background in Image / Video / 3D generation and Multimodal Foundation Models. You will play a critical role in driving the technical directions and building multimodal foundation models for image / video / 3D generation, editing, animation and many more. As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to drive fundamental capabilities, lead teams to work on ambitious projects and collaborate broadly across Tether with world‑class engineers and researchers to advance open source development and the global AI community.

We are a fast‑paced group focusing on model, data and applied research on vision and multimodal foundation models.

Lead the research, design, and development of state‑of‑the‑art image, video, and 3D generation models, including multimodal foundation models.

Lead high‑impact, specialized projects focused on innovative text, images, audio and video applications.

Define and drive the technical roadmap for multimodal AI initiatives, aligning research goals with business and product objectives.

Oversee the end‑to‑end lifecycle of multimodal model development, from dataset curation and model training to deployment and performance evaluation.

Lead large‑scale multi‑node GPU model training, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and reproducibility of experiments.

Drive applied research initiatives in image / video / 3D generation, editing, animation, and other related domains.

Monitor advancements in AI research and multimodal technologies, and incorporate novel techniques to improve model capabilities and performance.

Contribute to the AI research community, including publications, open‑source contributions, and participation in conferences.

Establish best practices and standards for coding, model evaluation, and experimentation within the team.

Lead and manage complex projects, ensuring timely delivery, quality outcomes, and alignment with strategic objectives.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to drive roadmaps, propose your own research plan to advance Image / Video / 3D generation models and technologies. PhD, MS or equivalent experience

~ Hands on experience in building Image / Video / 3D generation and multimodal foundation models building from scratch

~5+ years of experience in managing or leading 10+ research & engineer teams

~ Proficiency in modern deep learning and diffusion frameworks & libraries.

Demonstrated expertise in computer vision, video generation foundation model and / or multimodal research especially building them from scratch.

Strong history of delivering innovation in the space of multimodal & video.

Publications at leading AI conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS etc.

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