One option is to work on open source projects. There are many novel projects that work with novel code, (such as UI / features on top of stable diffusion). An

One option is to work on open source projects. There are many novel projects that work with novel code, (such as UI / features on top of stable diffusion). And you can drill into the novel code dependencies (such as SD in above example) if you want to write novel code. Working with teams shipping novel code publicly is probably the fastest way to find work that pays you to do similar.