Junior Machine Learning / Computer Vision Engineer
About the Company:
Our client is a pre-seed startup that is ready to bring on a Junior Machine Learning engineer to supercharge their core product. They are building the next-generation operating system for commercial HVAC suppliers and contractors. In just five months, they’ve launched V1 of their first product and grown revenue 10x. Backed by top US VCs and top HVAC industry angels, their goal is to perfect our first product and continue scaling rapidly through 2025.
Location Requirements:
This position requires a full-time in office work arrangement in New York City. Candidates must be based in NYC.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or other relevant field with focus on machine learning.
- 0-3 years experience as an ML focused engineer
- Coding experience with Python.
- Experience developing and adapting model architectures with PyTorch.
- Experience with deep learning for computer vision applications, especially semantic segmentation or object detection.
- Experience with production-level code development and optimization.
- Experience with distributed/parallel training.
- Experience with deployment and monitoring pipelines for ML systems.
- Experience with model development on a major cloud platform (GCP, AWS etc.)
- Experience constructing and maintaining quality datasets (experiences with data cleaning, data reformatting, bootstrapping synthetic datasets, and creating annotation tasks are all valued).
- Experience with OpenCV or equivalent libraries.
- Proven ability to implement and adapt techniques or architectures from academic or industry literature.
Nice to Have
- Experience building continual learning or periodic retraining pipelines for production CV applications.
- Experience with active learning setups.
- Experience using OCR libraries or APIs.
- Ability to implement CV algorithms in a low-level language (C).
- Experience writing CUDA kernel programs.
- Strong understanding of traditional CV techniques - (component analysis, template matching, key point matching, etc.)
- Published research developing SOTA computer vision models.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: $130-170K, dependent on experience
- Equity: Meaningful equity package, commensurate with experience
- Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Perks: Free lunches and dinners provided
This is a salaried, onsite role located in New York City's beautiful Flatiron district, just minutes away from Madison Square Park and Union Square. Working onsite offers invaluable opportunities for real-time collaboration, creative problem-solving, and building strong connections within their talented and dynamic team. You'll be at the heart of fast-paced operations, actively contributing to a culture that values engagement, growth, and teamwork.
This is a unique opportunity to join a high-potential startup in a specialized industry and make a real impact on product and company direction. If you’re passionate about using technology to streamline and modernize the construction sales process and are based in NYC, we’d love to hear from you!
