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Senior Staff - Research Scientist and Team Lead (W/M)

kyutai· Research
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Hybrid (Paris)Full-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior research leadership role at Kyutai, a non-profit AI lab in Paris, focused on open research in AI. Lead and propel impact-driven projects in language, speech, multimodal models and related areas; combine high-level research leadership with hands-on contribution and team mentoring.

Responsibilities

  • Set ambitious research goals and associated roadmaps
  • Organise, lead and support a team to achieve these goals
  • Contribute directly to the research
  • Publish reproducible research with models and codes
  • Mentor interns, PhDs students and more junior staff
  • Be a role model
  • Contribute to strategic partnerships of Kyutai
  • Contribute to Kyutai’s external visibility
  • Contribute to Kyutai's long-term vision with leadership team

Qualifications

  • Recognised researcher in ML or related fields
  • 10+ years of experience in competitive environments
  • Excellent publication track record in premiere venues
  • Key contributions to impactful projects
  • Good mentoring experience
  • Experience with leading a small team toward clear objectives
  • Hands-on experience with multi-GPU model training
  • Extreme focus and dedication

Skills

Required:research leadershipteam mentoringmulti-GPU model training

Benefits

  • Research freedom
  • Contributions to AI breakthroughs with an elite team and ample ressources
  • Strong visibility via publications and open models
  • Opportunity to advise PhD students
  • Stimulating, positive and collaborative work environment
  • Competitive salary
  • Assistance with relocation and immigration procedures
Last updated Jul 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About kyutai

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