Computer Vision Scientist
Tinder brings people together. With tens of millions of users and a presence in every country on earth, our reach is expansive—and rapidly growing. Your work here can change the world. We have a small, dedicated Engineering team with one of the highest ratios of users to engineers in the industry, making every member of the team critical to our success. We are looking for a Computer Vision Scientist to implement computer vision and image recognition technologies to provide new, exciting features to our customers. If you are a relentless problem-solver—if you can transform large amounts of data into sound recommendations to improve the user experience—we want to hear from you.
In this Computer Vision Engineer role you will:
- Use the latest advances in neural networks and computer vision to bring new experiences for our customers
- Develop and deploy cloud software frameworks for computer vision processing
- Integrate computer vision processing with other services on Tinder
We're looking for:
- PhD (in computer vision (CV), machine learning, or related technical fields)
- Experience working on applied CV projects. Examples include (but are not limited to) optical character recognition (OCR), object detection and recognition, image classification, and visual question answering (VQA) etc.
- Understanding of state-of-the-art deep learning techniques
- Solid understanding of CNN, RNN, supervised and unsupervised learning, optimization techniques
- Proficiency in at least one of Python, Scala, and/or R/Matlab
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Bonus points if you have:
- Expertise in deep neural network and its applications to real world problems
- Experience with one or more deep learning frameworks such as Caffe, Theano, Torch, TensorFlow, DL4J
- Experience using GPU programming such as CUDA or OpenCL is a plus
- Experience in designing and building highly scalable distributed CV models
- Hands-on experience in big data framework such as Spark and Hadoop
- Proficiency in one or more: C++, Java, Scala
- A strong record of publications in top conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, PAMI
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
As part of our team, you’ll enjoy:
- The hustle of a startup with the impact of a global business
Tremendous opportunity to solve some of the industry’s most exciting problems
Working with an extraordinary team of smart, creative, fun and highly motivated people
Comprehensive health coverage, competitive salary, 401(k) match and meaningful equity
Unlimited vacation and flexible working hours
Daily catered lunches, endless supply of refreshments, basketball court, fitness classes and social events
- Modern, uplifting work environment in an ideal location