AI Pipeline Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Lightricks is an AI-first company creating next-generation content creation technology for businesses, enterprises, and studios with a mission to bridge the gap between imagination and creation. At our core is LTX-2, an open-source generative video model, built to deliver expressive, high-fidelity video at unmatched speed. It powers both our own products and a growing ecosystem of partners through API integration.

The company is also known globally for pioneering consumer creativity through products like Facetune, one of the world's most recognized creative brands, which helped introduce AI-powered visual expression to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We combine deep research, user-first design, and end-to-end execution from concept to final render to bring the future of expression to all.

What you will be doing:

• Be the primary technical point of contact for strategic partners, from early scoping through to implementation handoff. You'll uncover partner requirements, define POCs, build demos and prototypes, and advise on improving workflows using LTX technologies.
• Architect and implement AI-enhanced solutions that integrate LTX capabilities into partners' existing production pipelines, making them faster, more capable and scalable, and production-ready.
• Translate partner needs into clear internal briefs; surface recurring market signals; assess opportunities for technical feasibility and strategic fit; be a knowledgeable and resourceful thought-partner to the Partnerships team.
• Collaborate closely with R&D, Engineering, Product, Research, and Marketing to coordinate resources and move partner initiatives forward.
• Stay sharp on developments across LTX and the broader generative AI landscape; keep partners informed of what's relevant.
• Support ad-hoc partner-facing operations and initiatives by offering creative insight, production expertise, and technical know-how.

Your skills and experience:

• Portfolio required, including AI-native work. Shipped projects, workflows, or prototypes that demonstrate both creative craft and technical fluency.
• Solid grounding in creative production fundamentals, with hands-on experience across linear content (film/TV, VFX, animation) and interactive/immersive workflows - sufficient to understand how AI can meaningfully improve or extend them. Deep knowledge of tools such as After Effects, Premiere, Houdini, Nuke, DaVinci Resolve, Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, or Unity.
• Expertise with AI-native tools. Proficiency with ComfyUI is required, including building and maintaining complex multi-node workflows and writing custom nodes. Experience fine-tuning models and training custom LoRAs across stylistic and utility use cases is required.
• Python scripting proficiency, specifically for pipeline development, API integration, and tooling within AI workflows.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills. You can advise senior creative, technology, and business leaders with clarity and confidence.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a client-facing technical role: solutions engineering, technical consulting, or similar.
• Experience in a Creative Technologist, Technical Director, or similar role bridging creative production and technology.
• Experience working alongside or in support of AI/ML research teams in an applied or translational capacity.

Who You Are

A creative technologist: you have craft sensibility and understand how creative work gets made. You've lived inside production pipelines, know what artists and directors care about, and can earn credibility in both creative and technical rooms.

An AI practitioner: you know what current models can and can't do, and you know how to build with them. You've shipped AI workflows, built extensively in ComfyUI or with code, fine-tuned LoRAs, and understand model deployment well enough to architect reliable solutions.

A resourceful self-starter: you have a track record of creating things from scratch in fast-moving, ambiguous environments. You can prototype, test, and iterate without waiting for perfect information.

A clear communicator: you move naturally between technical, creative, and business contexts, and can present to artists, engineers, researchers, and business executives alike.

Benefits:

• Expected salary range is $160,000-$180,000. Actual compensation will vary based on a candidate's qualifications, experience, and other relevant factors.
• Stock options.
• Health/dental/vision with the majority of premiums paid by the company.
• 401k with company match. (Up to 4%)
• $3,000 per year is provided for lunch.
• $1,000 Yearly Learning, Development, and Wellness budget.
• Work from home stipend.
• 21 Days of PTO.
• Birthdays off! Take a free day off during your birthday month to celebrate.
• Talented teammates and a strong work culture supporting a healthy work-life balance.

Why join us:

We're here to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI and video - not for the buzz, but for the craft, the challenge, and the chance to make something genuinely new.

We believe in an environment where people are encouraged to think, create, and explore. Real impact happens when people are empowered to experiment, evolve, and elevate together.

At Lightricks, every breakthrough starts with great people and a collaborative mindset. If you're looking for a place that combines deep tech, creative energy, and zero buzzword culture, you might be in the right place.