Luma AI is hiring: Technical Artist in New York

Technical Artist

This is a rare opportunity to sit at the intersection of frontier research and creative application. As a Technical Artist on the Applied team, you will be the bridge that takes our underlying foundation models and makes them production-ready. You won't just be using tools; you will be defining the workflows, fine-tuning strategies, and aesthetic benchmarks that turn raw model capabilities into magical, controllable experiences for millions of creators. This is a 0-to-1 opportunity to shape the "feel" of Luma's next generation of AI.
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.
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.
The base pay range for this role is $125,000 – $250,000 per year.