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AI Anime Researcher - LLM

San Francisco or Tokyo💼 Full-time🗓 2025-09-02 → 2026-09-26

Core

Researching and developing an in-house LLM storytelling system for a 3D first-person adventure game where an AI companion cooperates with the player in puzzles and adapts the narrative.

Role type

Senior IC LLM researcher (anime/game focus)

Builds

An AI companion integrated into a 3D video game

Domain

Video games + Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM post-training, LLM training and evaluation, RLHF-style feedback system design, LLM infrastructure (data processing, checkpointing, sharding), latency optimization, human feedback gathering

Preferred skills

Roleplay-focused post-training experience, anime aesthetic knowledge

Technologies

LLMs, RLHF systems, data processing backends

Responsibilities

Define new LLM-driven storytelling experiences, optimize model latency for real-time interaction, synthesize research exploration with product-focused development

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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