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Clipchamp is the go-to video platform with one simple mission: to empower anyone to tell stories worth sharing. Since 2016 we’ve attracted nearly fifty million registered users globally and counting, and that’s only the beginning. We are now building a mobile app - to empower every person and organization to achieve more with media.
Our native iOS app would give users access to professional but simplified video editing tools and features alongside a one million asset-strong stock library and hundreds of editable video templates. We're the video platform that's built with everyday editors and creators in mind.
Microsoft has embraced the future with its commitment to AI, and Clipchamp is primed to simplify the video production process through AI's transformative power. To do so, we're focused on integrating advanced AI technologies to streamline processes and provide exceptional user experiences. Our aspiration is to democratize AI, making it accessible to all and to empower individuals with AI-powered productivity enhancements. Our commitment to this is reflected in our efforts to improve product performance, automate tasks, and provide insightful analysis.
The world is evolving -- we are looking for enthusiastic and creative thinkers and doers to join us to meet the challenge of delivering well-crafted intuitive solutions and products that meet the needs and beyond of a changing world.
Responsibilities
Adapt to work on AI video effects and editing.
Stay up to date with AI technology, advise on how we can adapt and embrace new technologies and ideas.
Build AI/ML based differentiated features for the Clipchamp product.
Provide hands-on technical work: design, analytics/modeling, dataset development, code reviews, development, quality assurance, observability, and a live site.
Uphold data engineering and data science best practices new methodologies, technologies, industry trends and open sources.
Build relationships with partners within Microsoft Research Teams to bring innovation to new and existing products.
Foster a culture of inclusivity and disciplined data and software engineering practices to deliver business value, guided by data.
Provides feedback, drives improvement, and shares knowledge.
Creating and sustaining an effective team culture is extremely important to us. We value and promote a high trust environment where we work closely and effectively with others.
We emphasize a culture of continuous learning and so having a growth mindset and passion for learning is important. You should expect that your teammates will be invested in helping make you successful and expect the same in return from you. We recognize and celebrate the uniqueness of each person on the team and leverage our diversity to create more inclusive products for our customers.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate would have:
10+ years of professional or equivalent experience in ML on designing, developing, testing, and shipping software.
Hands on experience with server side or on device models
Deep knowledge of creating video effects via AI and Machine Learning.
Bachelor in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related disciplines, MS/Ph.D./Research experience in the domain of computer vision/ Machine Learning (https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/sites/knowledgecenter/SitePages/Machine-Learning.aspx) is a plus
Recent experience with relevant projects in Generative AI, Computer Vision and Video AI.
Fluency in Python preferred.
Deep understanding of the concepts of image and computer vision, and experience with deep architectures for various computer vision tasks such as ViT, Swin, VAE, and Unet.
Knowledge of Diffusion pipelines for generative applications
Experience monitoring of production or AI training tasks
Other generative models such as VAE, prompt engineering, audio/video processing and multi modal learning
Experience in shipping high-quality products or services at-scale is a plus.
Experience in compiling models or optimizing model latency/memory for production.
Experience in working with Cloud architecture such as Azure.
Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-group and across disciplines.
Excellent skills in design, debugging and problem solving.
Passion for customers, innovation, product quality, service excellence and test engineering.
If you're excited about the Clipchamp video journey, creating something new, working on cutting-edge technology, working closely with AI scientists on the frontier of deep learning, on planet-scale services to bring this functionality to the hundreds of millions of M365 users across the globe, we are looking for you!
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .