Founding ML Engineer, Computer Vision (Object Detection)
Core
Set technical direction for computer vision in an early-stage resale marketplace, building and productionizing models to identify items from images for trustworthy pricing.
Role type
Founding machine learning engineer (computer vision) (via careerplan.io/jobs/26df19c4-b840-4fdf-8589-3e39b3efa119-founding-ml-engineer-computer-vision-object-detection-at-clera)
Builds
Production ML models for fine-grained item identification and calibrated confidence scoring
Domain
E-commerce / Computer Vision
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Computer vision architecture design, fine-grained/instance-level classification, PyTorch or TensorFlow, vision transformers or CNNs, evaluation frameworks, active learning or human-in-the-loop labeling, low-latency model APIs
Preferred skills
Early-stage startup experience, open-ended problem solving
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, vision transformers, CNNs
Responsibilities
Design computer vision architecture for fine-grained item identification, define accuracy standards and develop calibrated confidence scores, build feedback loops using model errors, set priorities between category coverage and accuracy, own the path from research to production including latency and cost, communicate model capabilities to stakeholders
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC
