GumGum
GumGum is a global technology and media company
Santa Monica, CA
Remote

Computer Vision Scientist (Remote US)

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GumGum is a global technology and media company specializing in contextual intelligence. For over a decade, we have applied our proven machine learning expertise to extract value from digital content for the advertising industry. The company’s contextual advertising engine, Verity™, comprehends the meaning of text, images and video online, allowing marketers to safely and precisely place ads where people are most engaged. Combining that contextual targeting and brand safety intelligence with proprietary high-impact ad formats, GumGum’s advertising solutions deliver industry leading efficiency, accuracy and performance.

The Computer Vision Scientist is a key member that will be working on Verity within the Computer Vision team in Santa Monica. On a day-to-day basis, this role operates as a member of the research and development team to deliver solutions that continue to enhance GumGum’s ability for brand safety and contextual understanding in addition to meeting requirements from various advertising campaigns. 

The person in this role will need to stay relevant and up to date with state-of-the-art technology, often building upon existing algorithms to develop innovative products to meet our industry and client’s needs. Efforts are concentrated on image classification and detection but the role also focuses on video processing. 

The role works within a large cross functional team that involves collaborating with our Natural Language Processing team to work on multimodal solutions and our Machine Learning Engineering team on projects related to our CI/CD environments. The person in this role will make a significant impact on Verity’s product offerings which will be key to generating revenue streams for the business.

Please note, GumGum is only open to hiring remote candidates who are residents in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and MN.

Responsibilities

  • Assess and implement algorithms and methods from relevant literature utilizing open source Vision/Math tools such as OpenCV, PyTorch, Tensorflow
  • Collaborate regularly with cross-functional teams (Machine Learning Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Product) to build upon existing products, brainstorm creative solutions for new products,  and to share technical learnings with each other
  • Enhance existing solutions including code refactoring to optimize for performance, reliability, efficiency, and scalability
  • Write and maintain clean and modular code to deploy in production environment
  • Contribute to active research communities through conference/journal publications, meetups, and workshops

Minimum Qualifications

  • MS in Computer Vision, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or Physics, Machine Learning or a related technical field
  • 1- 2 years Experience in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Image Analysis
  • 1- 2 years Experience applying machine learning and deep learning to images / video data with 3rd party Vision/Math tools such as OpenCV, PyTorch, Tensorflow
  • Experience with AWS ecosystem preferred
  • Experience with temporal and multimodal data for both images and video preferred
  • Experience training with large datasets preferred
  • Experience with CPU/GPU optimization preferred
  • Publications in top-tier journals and conferences preferred
  • Strong program fluency in Python / C++ and familiar with Linux environment
  • Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams including both technical and non-technical team members
  • Strong critical and logical skills while also being able to “think outside the box” to come up with creative solutions to meet the project needs
  • Organized self-starter with proactive attitude
  • Critical thinker, able to break down complex problems and work with ambiguity
  • Team player that works well with others in a cross functional team
  • An advocate for continuous learning such that they are motivated to stay on top of latest developments
  • Demonstrate independence or has leadership qualities to step in and guide a project from conception to production (i.e. self-motivated and takes initiative) 
  • Intuition to know when to pivot from an existing research project to another such that they are able to remove themselves from going down an endless rabbit hole. 

Benefits & Perks

  • Medical Coverage including 100% premium coverage for employee + spouse/family 
  • Vision Coverage including 100% premium coverage for employee + spouse/family
  • Dental Coverage including 100% premium coverage for employee + spouse/family
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Employer-Matched 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Life Insurance and AD&D
  • Business Travel Accident Insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability 
  • Stock Incentive Program (role dependent)
  • Paid Parental Leave - Birth parents can receive up to 16-18 weeks for birth recovery and baby bonding. Non-birth parents can receive up to 10 weeks for baby bonding
  • Transitional Return-to-Work Schedule 
  • Modern Family Support: Cleo App
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Legal and Identity Theft Protection
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance
  • WFH Stipend 
  • Wellness Reimbursement 
  • Flexible Time Off 
  • Veterinary Discounts
  • WeWork Monthly Pass
  • Pet friendly organization - We love our fur babies! Check us out on Instagram @dogsofgumgum
  • Incredible work/life balance with a collaborative and friendly work space
  • A team that has transitioned to remote work impressively, and remains highly collaborative and connected
  • GumGum Gives Back volunteering opportunities
  • Virtual company events and (optional) in-person celebrations
  • Virtual monthly team bonding events
  • Anniversary recognition and awards

 Career & Development Focus

  • Ongoing learning and development for education opportunities such as webinars, books, classes, relevant conferences and events
  • Opportunities to pursue business related side projects and yearly Hackathon
  • Highly encouraged to contribute to open source software, including our own open source software
  • Environment of learning from peers, including meetups, presentations and blog posts
  • Opportunity to work with cutting edge technology
  • Life Skills sessions - geared towards the whole life/ health / person
  • Leadership Bites Dinner Series - connecting current and future GumGum leaders over great food and meaningful conversation 
  • The Voice Coalition- through our council committee, The VOICE Coalition’s mission is to build an equitable, supportive, and inclusive culture where all voices are heard and all differences are celebrated through thoughtful, engaging, and authentic programming and community involvement. We’ve created awareness and appreciation for our employees through Hispanic Heritage month, Women of GumGum, Asian Pacific American, GG Pride, etc.

Optional return to office: Our big vision for our futuristic “Farmhouses” in 2022!

  • Offices will now be referred to as the “GumGum Farmhouse” -- a futuristic space centered around a bigger purpose: flexibility, sustainability, community, and growth!
  • GumGum will continue to be a flexible/remote-friendly environment, however, offices will re-open in 2022 for any employees who choose to come in to collaborate, participate in an event, host your clients, contribute to our growing of plants/herbs/vegetables/etc.

Our Values…

Thoughtful…We listen to understand different perspectives, show everyone respect, and relentlessly seek solutions for our clients (internal and external)

Agility…We are quick, nimble, and change direction gracefully, while maintaining control.

Grit…We bring energy and perseverance to everything we do.

Our Culture...

GumGum expands globally! Our company recently acquired JustPremium, a European-based company that utilizes creatives as a means to develop digital environments. JustPremium’s rich media is one of the largest in the world, and brings forward higher performing ads that adds value to GumGum’s already thriving contextual intelligence. With this acquisition, we now have 375 + employees globally, as well as new market expansion including Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, and Mexico. Together we will become the most powerful global solution for a cookieless future through contextual technology and high-impact creatives.

GumGum recently earned LA’s Best Places to Work Award in 2021 by BuiltInLA, and Inc. Magazine’s Best Places to Work in 2020 and it’s no surprise why. With company-sponsored social hours, annual holiday celebrations and on-site gatherings, GumGummers enjoy a fun, creative and collaborative workplace. We provide ourselves on our strong track record of giving employees the autonomy and support they need to succeed. 

Check us out on Instagram: @gumgum

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What are GumGum Perks + Benefits

GumGum Benefits Overview

Benefits should work as hard as you do. We offer comprehensive employee benefits, so you’re ready for anything including:
-Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage including 100% premium coverage for employee + spouse/family
-Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
-Dependent Care FSA
-Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
-Paid Parental Leave - Birth parents up to 16-18 weeks. Non-birth parents up to 10 weeks
-Transitional Return-to-Work Schedule from Parental Leave
-Modern Family Support and Resources
-Employer-Matched 401(k) Retirement Plan
-Life Insurance and AD&D
-Stock Incentive Program (role dependent)
-Employee Assistance Program
-Legal and Identity Theft Protection
-Student Loan Repayment Assistance
-Work From Home Stipend
-Wellness Reimbursement
-Flexible Time Off (Unlimited PTO)
-Paid Volunteer Time Off
-Veterinary Discounts (Pet friendly organization - we love our fur babies! IG: @dogsofgumgum)
-Bereavement and Pet Bereavement Leave
-WeWork monthly pass
-GumGum Gives Back volunteering/social impact opportunities
-Virtual and in-person company events/celebrations
-Anniversary recognition and awards
-Business Travel Accident Insurance
-Summer Fridays

Culture
Volunteer in local community
GumGum has a program called "Quarterly Causes" which focuses the power of the GumGum community on making an impact in one charitable cause each quarter including food banks, beach clean up, etc.
Partners with nonprofits
GumGum partners with HomeBoy Industries, The Trevor Project, The Ali Forney Center, Sparkle, The National Transgender Community (UK), Crisis in Ukraine, etc. GirlsWhoCode, She Jumps, Black Girls Code.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Quarterly engagement surveys
Summer hours
President's club
Flexible work schedule
GumGum provides employees with a flexible work schedule that includes flexible start and end times.
Remote work program
GumGum operates in a work from home virtual environment, and does not require employees to go into the office on a daily basis moving forward
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
GumGum provides the following throughout the year: -Mandatory unconscious bias training -Inclusive interview training -Feedback workshops to minimize bias
Diversity employee resource groups
-Women of GumGum -LGBTQIA+ -Parents -#GG-Moms -HOLA (Hispanic Or Latinx) -BET (Black Excellence in Tech)
Hiring practices that promote diversity
GumGum provides "Conscious Inclusion in Hiring Practices", a training developed for hiring managers to ensure that leaders have a new and mindful perspective on creating inclusion
Diversity recruitment program
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employees can set aside a portion of their paychecks, pretax, to cover eligible out-of-pocket healthcare and commuter expenses up to the annual IRS limits.
Disability insurance
GumGum provides disability benefits at no cost to employees. Employees may receive a portion of their salary while they are disabled and unable to work.
Dental insurance
GumGum's dental plan includes 100% premium coverage for employee + spouse/family.
Vision insurance
GumGum's vision plan includes 100% premium coverage for employee + spouse/family.
Health insurance
GumGum's health insurance plan with United Healthcare includes 4 plans, one covering 100% premium coverage for employee + spouse/family. Eligible the 1st of month following your start date.
Life insurance
Employees are provided with coverage at 1x salary up to $200,000 at no cost to them. Employees also have the option to purchase supplemental insurance for themselves, their spouses and/or child.
Pet insurance
GumGum provides two pet discount programs available to employees at no extra cost which offers discounts on brand-name prescriptions and preventatives.
Wellness programs
Employees are eligible to expense up to $55 per month for gym memberships, fitness classes, personal training, counseling, massage, acupuncture, and chiropractic care.
Team workouts
GumGum offers monthly virtual fitness classes via our GumGum Fit program.
Mental health benefits
GumGum has a Wellness Program offering various programming each month along with 3 free confidential support and guidance services each year via EAP. GumGum also offers "Summer Fridays."
Abortion travel benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Employee stock purchase plan
GumGum offers a 4 year vesting schedule with 25% after 1 year.
Performance bonus
Role dependent
Charitable contribution matching
GumGum matches employee contribution via our "Quarterly Causes" program.
Pay transparency
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
GumGum offers Dependent Care FSA and partners with Maven Family Support to provide reimbursements for certain family building expenses.
Generous parental leave
Birth parents can receive up to 16 - 18 weeks for birth recovery and baby bonding. Non-birth parents will receive up to 10 weeks for baby bonding, along with a "Transitional Return to Work" schedule.
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
GumGum partners with Maven Family Support for Fertility & Family Building towards adoption, including expense reimbursement.
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid volunteer time
2 days of VTO available to US, regular team members (separate from FTO) for participation in community service, quarterly cause initiatives, pro-bono initiatives, mentorship programs, etc.
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Flexible time off
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
GumGum offers FSA towards commute.
Company-sponsored outings
Includes bi-weekly wellness experiences, which include virtual sound baths and mediations, to in-person events like mixers, team-building activities, and dinners with our leaders.
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Pet friendly
We love our dogs in the office!
Fitness stipend
GumGum reimburses up to $55/month for any health and fitness activities.
Home-office stipend for remote employees
GumGum offers $55/month home office stipend
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
GumGum offers a tuition contribution plan of at least $50/month via Sofi. Employees who have been with GumGum 4+ years can opt in for a contribution plan of $200/month.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

Life Skills for Gummies is a program that was was launched by our PeopleOps team as a learning series focused around everyday life skills! Our CEO actually pitched this program as he wanted to offer courses to Gummers that help with everyday life (outside of the workplace). Topics range from money management to nutrition, meditation, buying a home, stocks & investments, urban gardening, etc. This program has seen extreme success and we are constantly surveying employees to offer classes that resonate with them!

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