Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Senior Computer Vision Engineer (Localization)
San Francisco, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 82 days ago
PythonAlgorithmsGitMachine LearningDeep LearningPyTorchComputer 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
- Performance Engineering: Optimize complex ML and CV code for maximum efficiency in cloud and mobile environments, ensuring low latency and high-performance execution on GPU/CPU.
- Benchmarking & Evaluation: Create and own the tools and frameworks used to evaluate the quality of our spatial grounding and 3D maps 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.
Requirements
- Coding Proficiency: Expert-level proficiency in python and/or C++.
- Domain Expertise: Proven track record in designing solutions for Structure from Motion (SfM), VPS or 3D mapping..
- Required in-office days: 3 days per week
- Expert-level proficiency in python and/or C++.
Nice to have
- Experience in planning and leading technical projects from inception to production.
- Significant contributions to open-source CV libraries (OpenCV, COLMAP, etc.).
- Experience with CUDA or shader programming for performance optimization.
Skills
- Deep experience with Deep Learning frameworks (PyTorch or JAX) and version control (Git).
Benefits
- As a Senior Computer Vision Engineer on the Applied Algorithms team, you will own significant parts of our Localization technology.
- Design, develop, and maintain production-grade computer vision systems that power Niantic Spatial's VPS (Visual Positioning System) and 3D mapping pipelines.
- 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.
Company info
- Part of the role 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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