Deepwalk
Machine Learning Senior/Staff Software Engineer
Chicago · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$190kDetected 72 days ago
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About the role
- About DeepWalk DeepWalk is a fast-growing venture that helps cities keep people safe using computer vision to map and monitor their sidewalks.
- We have ongoing contracts with cities, universities, and engineering firms.
- In the past year, we've processed thousands of miles of sidewalk across 20+ states, generating millions of labeled data points used in real-world infrastructure decisions.
Responsibilities
- As a Staff Engineer at DeepWalk, you'll have significant ownership over both the systems we build and how we build them. You will…
- Design and improve data pipelines that process thousands of miles of sidewalks and millions of images
- Lead architectural decisions for handling hundreds of terabytes of geospatial and visual data, including storage layout, pipeline reliability, and inference performance
- Become a trusted technical partner to leadership
- As a Staff Engineer at DeepWalk, you'll have significant ownership over both the systems we build and how we build them.
- You'll play a key role in how we process, analyze, and deliver insights from millions of images, supporting cities as they work to build safer, more accessible infrastructure.
Requirements
- Experience taking models from training → production → monitoring → iteration in a real-world environment
- Experience owning system architecture and influencing technical decisions across teams
- Experience deploying ML systems in real-world production environments
- Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and distributed systems
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Comfort working in a startup or growth-stage environment with changing requirements
Nice to have
- Experience with large-scale or real-time data pipelines
- Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, CDK, etc.)
- ML observability, data validation, or model deployment experience
- Familiarity with geospatial, imagery, or sensor-driven data
- An interest in urban planning, accessibility, or civic technology
- 401(k) with ~4% match (100% on first 3%, 50% on the next 2%)
Compensation
- $150,000 - $190,000 base salary, based on scope and experience
- Unlimited PTO (most of our team takes 3-4 weeks per year)
- In accordance with applicable laws, DeepWalk provides equal pay for equal work and complies with all federal, state, and local pay transparency and compensation requirements.
Benefits
- DeepWalk is a fast-growing venture that helps cities keep people safe using computer vision to map and monitor their sidewalks.
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Computer Vision Platform
- We're hiring a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical direction of DeepWalk's computer vision platform for automated sidewalk inspection.
- We're specifically looking for engineers who have built and operated ML or computer vision systems in production at scale (not just research or prototyping).
- $150,000 - $190,000 base salary + equity · Hybrid (Chicago)
Company info
- What We're Looking For
Equal opportunity
- DeepWalk is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
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