Niantic Spatial, Inc.

Niantic Spatial, Inc.

Senior Computer Vision Engineer (Reconstruction)

San Francisco, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 53 days ago
PythonAlgorithmsComputer VisionRoboticsResearchLeadership

About the role

  • Niantic Spatial is an equal opportunity employer.
  • Niantic Spatial, will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable laws.
  • Please contact your recruiter if you want to request an accommodation for the job application or interview process

Responsibilities

  • Benchmarking & Evaluation: Create and own the tools and frameworks used to evaluate the quality of our 3D Reconstructions against ground-truth data.
  • Technical Leadership: Lead technical design reviews, mentor junior engineers, and serve as a team anchor for resolving complex technical disagreements within the mapping stack.
  • Lead technical design reviews, mentor junior engineers, and serve as a team anchor for resolving complex technical disagreements within the mapping stack.
  • As a member of this team, you will be responsible for building a high-fidelity 3D representation of the living geospatial world model via Gaussian Splatting and Meshing.

Requirements

  • Coding Proficiency: Expert-level proficiency in Python and/or C++.
  • Required in-office days: 3 days per week
  • Experience in planning and leading technical projects from inception to production.
  • Experience with CUDA or shader programming for performance optimization.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python and/or C++.

Benefits

  • As a Senior Computer Vision Engineer on the Applied Algorithms team, you will own significant parts of our Reconstruction technology.
  • Design, develop, and maintain production-grade Computer Vision systems that power Niantic Spatial's 3D Gaussian Splatting, Meshing and 3D mapping pipelines.
  • Optimize complex Computer Vision code for maximum efficiency in cloud and mobile environments, ensuring low latency and high-performance execution on GPU/CPU.
  • Collaborate with Product, Research, and Operations teams to ensure that state-of-the-art Computer Vision solutions translate into delightful user experiences.
  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Vision, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).
  • 5+ years of experience developing and shipping algorithms for image processing, Computer Vision, or 3D Reconstruction.
  • Proven track record in designing solutions for Computer Vision or 3D Reconstruction.
  • Significant contributions to open-source Computer Vision and 3D Reconstruction libraries (OpenCV, COLMAP, NerfStudio, etc.).

Company info

  • Part of the role you will be bridging the gap between R&D and production, turning complex geospatial data into a persistent sense of space and enabling the next generation of spatial AI.

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