Luma AI · 3 hours ago
Technical Artist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid LevelLuma AI is focused on building multimodal AI to enhance human imagination and capabilities. As a Technical Artist on the Applied team, you will bridge research and creative application by making foundational models production-ready and defining workflows that enhance user experiences.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIVideoVideo Editing
Responsibilities
Architect and Build Pipelines: Design and implement robust ComfyUI-style pipelines to productionize our models, ensuring they are scalable and efficient
Own Model Fine-Tuning: Develop and implement LoRA-based fine-tuning strategies to enhance model controllability and steer models toward specific aesthetic directions
Bridge Research and Design: Collaborate closely with the Research and Design teams to evaluate early model versions, providing the 'early eye' for positive or negative trends and translating aesthetic goals into technical requirements
Drive Model Improvement: Take ownership of identifying model deficiencies and implementing fine-tuning solutions or data enhancements to solve them
QA for Aesthetics: Work with the Data team to ensure final models meet exceptionally high aesthetic quality standards that match and exceed Luma’s product vision
Prototyping: Rapidly prototype new creative workflows and controllability features to test new research opportunities
Qualification
Required
Demonstrable experience with Visual GenAI, either as a creator, fine-tuner, researcher, or engineer
Strong generalist engineering skills with proficiency in Python. You are comfortable writing scripts and debugging code
Deep experience with open-source generative AI tools such as ComfyUI, Automatic1111, Kohya, or similar frameworks
A hobbyist or professional background in art/design leading to a deep understanding of aesthetics and the ability to articulate visual choices using standard artistic language
Experience with Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) techniques and other methods for efficient model fine-tuning
You are exceptionally motivated and passionate about building amazing models, with a 'high agency' drive to solve problems independently
Preferred
Active contributions to the open-source Generative AI community (custom nodes, workflows, etc.)
Experience shipping tools that sit between R&D and production
Background in traditional VFX or Game Development technical art pipelines
Company
Luma AI
Luma AI develops tools that let users generate photorealistic images and videos from text, image, or video prompts.
Founded in 2021
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (10)
2024 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1.06BKey Investors
HUMAINAndreessen HorowitzAmplify Partners
2025-11-19Series C· $900M
2024-12-06Series B· $90M
2024-01-09Series B· $43M
Leadership Team
Amit Jain
Co-Founder
Recent News
2026-01-09
2026-01-06
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