9 months ago
Base Salary
$170k - $278k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop high-performance deep learning inference solutions for computer vision workloads with high throughput and low latency across hardware platforms.
- Profile computer vision and vision-language models to identify performance bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.
- Improve the power efficiency of deep learning inference workloads.
- Design and implement end-to-end MLOps workflows for model deployment, monitoring, and retraining.
- Use machine learning knowledge, training and runtime frameworks, and model-efficiency tools to improve system performance.
- Create methods for improving training efficiency.
- Implement GPU kernels for custom architectures and optimized inference.
- Design and implement SDKs that enable customers and external developers to create autonomous ML workflows.
- Help uphold and improve Skydio’s engineering standards.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with MLOps, ML inference acceleration and optimization, and edge deployment.
- Strong knowledge of deep learning fundamentals, techniques, and state-of-the-art deep learning architectures.
- Strong fundamentals in computer vision, image processing, and video processing.
- Hands-on experience building and managing ML pipelines for vision or vision-language tasks, including data preparation, model training, deployment, and monitoring.
- Experience with security and compliance requirements in ML infrastructure.
- Experience with ML frameworks and libraries.
- Ability to drive concepts through architecture, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring across the software lifecycle.
- Comfort navigating and delivering within a complex codebase.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across varying levels of technical depth.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, equity in the form of stock options, and comprehensive benefits.
- Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles.
- Group health insurance plans for eligible regular, full-time employees.
- Paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay, and a 401(k) savings plan.
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About Skydio
Skydio builds autonomous drones, docking systems, and fleet management software for enterprise, public safety, and defense customers. It sells hardware with AI-based autonomy plus SaaS for fleet operations, inspections, and Drone-as-First-Responder programs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company designs and assembles its products in the U.S., with manufacturing in Hayward, and its systems are used across utilities, law enforcement, and the U.S. military.