Machine Learning Engineer Intern – 3D Texture

Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Through the Genies SDK, their proprietary avatar framework brings AI to life as fully realized AI personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities. Genies powers AI companion, NPC, and agent use cases across enterprise, consumer, creator, entertainment, and gaming. Genies has raised $200M from Silver Lake, BOND, and Bob Iger. Genies is built on the belief that every website, app, game, brand, and human will have an AI persona.

Genies is looking for a ML Engineering Intern to join our R&D group this summer. Based either in our Los Angeles office (Hybrid), you will work closely with a dedicated and talented team of technical artists, engineers and artists. Together, you will explore new concepts and technologies to further Genies’ mission of empowering users to develop their own avatar ecosystems. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about creating high-quality visuals and has the technical foundation to help us build the next wave of digital identity.

What You’ll be Doing:

• Research and prototype methods to improve 3D avatar texture quality, and improving texture realism..

• Develop techniques to separate lighting from albedo textures and improve the consistency of generated textures across different lighting conditions.

• Train, fine-tune, or adapt machine learning models to enhance texture generation and improve visual fidelity.

• Evaluate results using both quantitative metrics and visual inspection, and benchmark improvements in texture quality.

• Collaborate with engineers and researchers across graphics, ML, and avatar systems, and present experiment findings and recommendations.

What You Should Have:

• Currently enrolled in or a recent graduate of a PhD or Master degree program in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field.

• Solid understanding of machine learning concepts and recent computer vision.

• Familiarity with programming languages such as Python and experience with machine learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Hugging Face).

• Ability to conduct research and prototype solutions based on academic literature.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present findings clearly and effectively.

Bonus Skills (Nice-to-Have)

• Experience with 3D data, rendering, or texture processing (e.g., UV textures, albedo maps, PBR pipelines).

• Familiarity with image-to-image models, diffusion models, or generative models for texture or image enhancement.

• Experience with image decomposition tasks such as intrinsic image decomposition (separating lighting and reflectance).

• Knowledge of 3D generation or avatar pipelines.

How Genies will support you

• Competitive salary and equity packages

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• Unlimited PTO

• Parental leave

• Hybrid work structure (minimum 4 days in office weekly)

• Monthly wellness reimbursement

Genies is a well-funded, fast-growing start-up that values innovation, creativity, and ownership. Our roles and their responsibilities are created with a breadth of scope that introduces each employee to exciting new challenges and opportunities that a growing start-up encounters. The actual base pay is dependent upon a number of factors, including: professional background, training, transferable skills, work experience, education, location, business and product needs, and market demand. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.