Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies. SDG solves the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG’s products redefine the way people interact and connect with one another.
Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions of the world.
We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals who specialize in creating and developing globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of digital nomads works remotely from all over the world.
We’re proud to be a two-time “Great Place to Work” winner (USA & Japan, 2024–2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025).
We are looking for Senior CV Engineer.
Your main tasks will be:
- Train and fine-tune generative models (text2image, image2image, video2image, IP-adapters) to produce photorealistic and stylized visuals
- Work with image classifiers, rankers, and image/video captioning models that understand visual context
- Track cutting-edge CV research and open-source developments; translate them into a CV roadmap for the ML team
- Build and own the iterative model improvement process, including quality validation systems for CV outputs
- Optimize inference performance: diffusion optimization, quantization, kernel and framework-level work
- Optionally: train multimodal AI companions that combine CV and NLP for deeper visual understanding
We expect from you:
- 5+ Years of experience training diffusion models and modifying their architectures
- Proficiency with diffusers and transformers libraries
- Hands-on experience with IP-adapters
- Backend engineering experience (Python, Go, C#) and knowledge of scalable deployment systems is an advantage
Nice to have: - Flow matching training
- Diffusion model distillation
- DPO and other text2image fine-tuning approaches
- Text2video and CLIP fine-tuning
- Experience with multimodal LLMs
- NLP / LLM training and chatbot development background
What do we offer:
- REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full-time;
- The initial pay level or pay range for this role will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process and before the commencement of employment;
- Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
- 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
- Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
- 50% payment for professional training, international conferences, and meetings;
- Corporate discount for English lessons;
- Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
- Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
- Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for our merchandise, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.
Sounds good? Join us now!