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Language models alone won’t solve the world’s hardest problems - robotics, disease, scientific discovery. Real progress requires models that experience the world and learn from their mistakes, the same way that humans do. And this kind of trial and error can be massively accelerated when done in simulation, rather than in the real world.\nWorld models offer the most clear path to general-purpose simulation, changing how stories are told, how scientific progress is made and how the next frontiers of humanity are reached.\nOur team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you.\nAbout the role\nBuilding general world models - systems that understand and simulate reality across tasks, modalities, and domains - demands training data that is as rich and varied as the real world itself. We’re looking for Research Engineers to own the data behind our models: what they learn from, how well they learn it, and what new capabilities that unlocks. You will design datasets, run modeling experiments, and build the infrastructure to generate and curate data at scale - directly shaping what our models can do, with applications ranging from creative tools to robotics.\nWhat you'll do\nDesign multimodal, multitask datasets that teach world models new capabilities - deciding what data to collect, generate, or curate and measuring its effect on model behavior\n\nRun controlled training experiments to understand how data composition drives model performance across tasks and domains\n\nBuild and operate large-scale pipelines for synthetic data generation, filtering, and quality control\n\nDefine evaluations and benchmarks that measure whether our models are actually improving at the things that matter\n\nPartner with product and creative teams to translate target behaviors and capabilities into concrete data strategies\n\nWhat you'll need\n4+ years of experience in machine learning, bonus points for data-centric approaches\n\nExperience with large multimodal datasets and generative models (video, image, or multimodal)\n\nDeep intuition for how data composition and quality translate to model capabilities\n\nComfort working across the full research stack: data analysis, dataset creation, model training, evaluation, and back again\n\nProficiency with at least one ML framework (e.g. PyTorch, JAX) and distributed compute tools (e.g. Ray, Kubernetes)\n\nExcitement about building AI that simulates the world\n\nRunway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. 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