[Hiring] Senior Applied Scientist, Computer Vision @SafelyYou

Role Description

As a Senior Applied Scientist in Computer Vision, you will develop computer vision and machine learning models to support individuals living with dementia in assisted living and memory care settings.

• Help build new technologies to identify staff care, elopement, and physical or behavioral changes from images, videos, and time series.
• Train and evaluate models in production on real, industry-leading data consisting of millions of hours of footage from tens of thousands of deployed cameras.

We are looking for a "hybrid" talent: a scientist who can write production code and a developer who understands the nuances of research. You won’t just be optimizing a single metric; you will own products.

• Responsible for the entire lifecycle of a feature: from researching a Proof of Concept (PoC) to collaborating with engineering and other teams to deploy it at scale.
• Expected to navigate ambiguity, break down complex problems into actionable milestones, and collaborate across the organization to ensure our technology solves customer problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Ownership: Lead the development of new AI Capabilities from inception (research/PoC) to initial production deployment.
• Model Development: Design, train, and evaluate state-of-the-art computer vision models for fall detection, staff monitoring, and behavioral analysis.
• Production Engineering: Work closely with DevOps and Engineering teams to ensure models are performant, scalable, and reliable in real-world environments.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Fleet, and DevOps teams to translate clinical needs into technical requirements.
• Data Strategy: Manage and derive insights from massive datasets of real-world data.
• Growth & Leadership: Act as a technical mentor and a bridge between departments, helping to scale our technical capabilities as the company grows.

Qualifications

• Education: MSc/PhD in a quantitative field OR equivalent professional experience.
• Technical Skills:
  • Expertise in PyTorch, Python, Web Servers
  • Strong proficiency in AWS, WandB, Docker
  • Proven ability to research, build, and deploy proof of concept to the Cloud or on the edge.
  • Proven ability to collaborate with Product and Operations teams.
  • Experience presenting technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Excellent communication skills for presenting research outcomes to various types of stakeholders, including non-technical audiences.
  • Experience publishing research in top-tier conferences (CVPR, ICCV, ICLR, etc) is valued but not required.
  • We equally value candidates who have demonstrated impact through shipping AI systems to production.

Benefits

• A mission-driven company culture
• Fully remote
• Competitive salary & benefits, including fully paid employee premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401k Program
• Monthly Education, Well-being & WFH stipends
• Non-accrual PTO
• Growth Potential
• Company Retreats
• Medical & Family/Parental Leave