Senior Computer Vision Software Engineer

Seattle, WA

DroneDeploy

DroneDeploy is the only reality capture software that combines drone mapping and photo documentation data across the asset lifecycle.

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About DroneDeployWe’re the leading drone software provider making commercial drone data accessible to anyone, anywhere. Trusted by users across various industries, we’re transforming how businesses collect, manage, and analyze worksite data. Our user-friendly platform makes it possible for companies of any size to improve their workflows through scalable image processing, data storage, and real-time sharable drone maps and 3D models. 
We are committed to a remote-first global work environment that empowers people to innovate, grow professionally, and make meaningful impacts. We’re recognized as the # 1 Best Place to Work in the SF Bay Area and made the Top 200 list of America’s Best Startups. Our employees are creative, driven, and committed to providing our customers with the best drone software in the industry. Our office locations include San Francisco, California, Sydney, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand.
Role Overview
We are a small team of highly skilled computer vision developers working on an industry-leading photogrammetry platform used by customers all around the world.  We have two core photogrammetry products: a real-time aerial mapping solution and a cloud-based scalable image processing platform that efficiently processes drone imagery to georeference, align, stitch, blend, orthorectify and reconstruct - creating thousands of point clouds, 3D models, and mosaics every day.  Our customers have mapped over 150M acres from over 180 countries around the world, relying on our industry-leading speed, quality, and accuracy to drive high ROI decisions in industries as diverse as construction, agriculture, mining, conservation, forestry, and infrastructure inspection. We are looking for highly motivated computer vision experts who are excited to work on hard problems and driven to build the future of aerial mapping here at DroneDeploy.

Responsibilities

  • Drive significant improvements in speed and quality from conception to production rollout and ongoing support
  • Take ownership of large areas of our existing photogrammetry and SLAM pipelines
  • Stay up to date with the latest research in computer vision and machine learning as applied to the problems we solve
  • Develop and deploy high-quality unit-tested, production photogrammetry & SLAM software
  • Collaborate closely with team members to solve tough computer vision problems
  • Drive efficiency through metrics and automated quality assessment

Requirements

  • Strong academic foundations from a competitive university/laboratory, with focus on photogrammetry or SLAM (M.S./Ph.D. preferred)
  • At least five years of experience working in applied photogrammetry or SLAM technology with a track record of delivering software to production
  • At least five years of experience developing in C++ and at least two years of Python
  • Strong track record of developing, deploying, and supporting computer vision products to customers
  • Strong applied math skills in linear algebra, 2D/3D geometry, and numerical methods (polynomial/Fourier approximations, ordinary differential equations, linear & non-linear optimizations, error analysis, etc)
  • Experience with multi-view stereo algorithms, including depth map & mesh generation
  • Experience with structure-from-motion algorithms covering central/non-central camera models, bundle adjustment
  • Experience with 3D graphics and visualization
  • Practical experience developing, training, and deploying machine learning to solve computer vision problems a bonus
  • Able to work 100% of the time remotely
  • Working hours: Able to overlap hours of 8:30-12 pm PST Monday-Friday
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Employee Offerings & Benefits include:(may vary by location)Innovative company cultureDrone pilot certificationFlexible work schedules Flexible work locationFamily paid leavePaid healthcare for employeesProfessional development & career advancementsWellbeing activities (live & on-demand)Flexible paid time offEmployee referral bonusCommuter savings
DroneDeploy is an equal opportunity employer.
All DroneDeploy employees are responsible for assisting in protecting the company and customer data by following information security policies and procedures.
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Tags: Computer Vision Linear algebra Machine Learning Pipelines Python Research Security SLAM

Perks/benefits: Career development Flex hours Salary bonus

Region: North America
Country: United States
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