(Senior) Machine Learning Engineer - Human Avatars (m/f/d)

Your responsibilities

• Research : Follow cutting-edge research in human avatars and discuss recent advances with your peers
• Experimentation : Reimplement research papers and experiment with new open-source tools to build a fast, robust, and hyper-realistic audio-driven avatar generation pipeline
• Productionalization : Turn PoCs into scalable and robust ML components that you deploy to production and scale to millions of users
• ML Monitoring : Own your ML components end-to-end, monitor and understand their real-life performance, and devise usage-driven suggestions for improvement
• Code Quality : Maintain high code quality through regular code reviews, pair programming, and writing unit and integration tests.
• Collaboration : Collaborate with other MLEs, research scientists, and other engineers on creating and deploying a robust and scalable end-to-end avatar streaming pipeline consisting of multiple components that work together seamlessly

Your profile

Required

• Expert-level coding skills in Python
• Experience with modern deep learning frameworks (preferably PyTorch)
• Experience deploying ML systems to production environments
• 2+ years of industry experience as MLE, Data Scientist, Applied Scientist, or similar
• Deep understanding of machine learning fundamentals
• High failure tolerance and willingness to learn and adapt fast

Preferred

• Experience with human avatars, facial animation, video generation, or 3D AI
• University degree in CS, AI, Data Science, or similar with exceptional track record
• Experience scaling ML systems to many concurrent users
• Experience with cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, GCloud, Lambda,
• Experience with other MLOps tools / services / infrastructure
• Strong low-level coding skills in CUDA or C++
• Previous startup experience

Bonus

• Open-source projects or contributions in related areas
• Peer-reviewed publications in relevant ML research areas
• Experience in backend, frontend, or full-stack development
• Experience in UX design or user-driven development
• Experience in product management or technical leadership

Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you don’t fulfill some of these requirements. Hard skills are secondary to being open-minded and a fast learner.

Why us?

Apart from the people, our culture, and mission, we offer you a workplace with top-tier compensation and a high level of personal responsibility.

It's important for us to create an environment in which you can grow professionally and personally.

Your vacations : 26 paid vacation days per year (+ public holidays).

Your office : We have amazing startup office space within the Meta building in Munich and we embrace an in-person office culture.

However, you also have the flexibility to work remotely at times. Our guideline is 3-4 days in the office and 1-2 days working from home.

• Your setup : Choose your preferred equipment and work environment whether it's Mac, Windows, or Linux. We want you to feel comfortable.
• Your team : We are growing and have fun together with team lunches, coffee dates, bouldering sessions, and more everything is optional, no pressure.
• Your safe space : We believe that a diverse workplace where different voices are heard makes us stronger.

About us

Ever thought about cloning yourself? Great news, we are building a human cloning company for you! At Beyond Presence, we’re on a mission to redefine digital interaction with our hyper-realistic avatars.

Imagine having lifelike digital twins that can hold natural, human-like conversations how cool is that?

Our journey began with our founders, who previously created Presize , a groundbreaking company that developed highly accurate digital body twins from a smartphone camera for an AI personal stylist.

Their innovative work caught the attention of Meta, leading to a successful acquisition . Now, they’re bringing their expertise and passion to Beyond Presence, pushing boundaries and making the impossible possible.

Join us, and let’s create the future of digital human interaction together. Ready to make your mark on tomorrow’s technology? Let’s go!

Visit our website to learn more.