Senior CV Engineer

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is one of the world's largest groups of social discovery companies, uniting millions of users on dozens of products. SDG solves the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG products redefine the way people interact and connect with each other.

Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures in different parts of the world. This includes globally recognized brands such as DateMyAge, Dating.com, EuroDate, Dil Mil and Cupid Media. SDG has a presence in more than 150 countries.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals specializing in the creation and development of globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of 1000+ professionals and digital nomads works all over the world. Our teams of digital nomads work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland, Latvia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and many other locations.

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