Senior Machine Learning R&D Engineer – Matterport
CoStar GroupBase Salary
$270k - $307k/yr
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and train large-scale foundational models for 3D reconstruction and generative scene completion using Matterport’s proprietary spatial data.
- Advance neural rendering and novel view synthesis techniques for indoor and outdoor spaces.
- Develop diffusion-based, video-generation, and 3D-generation approaches to complete occluded regions, synthesize unseen viewpoints, and improve digital-twin realism.
- Design, implement, and optimize scalable training and inference pipelines for large multi-view datasets containing images, video, point clouds, and meshes.
- Translate research prototypes into production-ready systems integrated with Matterport’s capture and reconstruction platform.
- Define evaluation methodologies and benchmarks for reconstruction quality, view-synthesis fidelity, and generative plausibility.
- Collaborate with researchers, platform engineers, product managers, and software engineers to scope projects and deliver product capabilities.
- Contribute to the architecture and roadmap of Matterport’s foundational reconstruction model and broader ML research initiatives.
- Contribute to patents and publications and represent the work to the research community.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person university or college.
- Experience in machine learning research and development focused on computer vision, 3D data processing, neural rendering, or generative modeling.
- Proficiency in PyTorch and strong programming skills in Python.
- Understanding of deep learning architectures, optimization techniques, and evaluation methodologies.
- Experience with NumPy and Pandas for data manipulation and analysis.
- Ability to conduct independent research, propose novel solutions, and implement them effectively.
- Strong problem-solving, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Preferred: Ph.D. or master’s degree in computer science, computer vision, machine learning, graphics, robotics, or a related quantitative field.
- Preferred: 5+ years of industry experience in applied ML research and development, especially training and shipping large models to production.
- Preferred: expertise in foundation or large-scale models and depth in neural rendering, generative modeling, or 3D computer vision.
- Preferred: experience with distributed or multi-GPU training, large-dataset curation, model-training infrastructure, and scaling large models and datasets.
- Preferred: publications at top-tier venues or significant open-source contributions.
- Preferred: experience mentoring junior engineers or leading technical projects and communicating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Benefits
- Generous compensation and performance-based incentives.
- Internal training and tuition reimbursement.
- Medical, vision, dental, prescription drug, life, legal, and supplementary insurance.
- Virtual and in-person mental health counseling for individuals and families.
- Commuter and parking benefits.
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions.
- Employee stock purchase plan and paid time off.
- Onsite fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs, depending on location.
- Access to Employee Resource Groups.
- Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks.
- The posting lists annual base compensation of $270,000-$307,000; geographic location, skills, and competencies affect the final offer.
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About CoStar Group
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Founded in 1986, CoStar Group is dedicated to digitizing the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives. CoStar Group’s major brands include CoStar, a leading global provider of commercial real estate data, analytics, and news; LoopNet, the most trafficked commercial real estate marketplace; Apartments.com, the leading platform for apartment rentals; Homes.com, the fastest-growing residential real estate marketplace; and Domain, one of Australia’s leading property marketplaces. CoStar Group’s industry-leading brands also include Matterport, a leading spatial data company whose platform turns buildings into data to make every space more valuable and accessible, STR, a global leader in hospitality data and benchmarking; Ten-X, an online platform for commercial real estate auctions and negotiated bids; and OnTheMarket, a leading residential property portal in the United Kingdom. CoStar Group’s websites attracted over 143 million average monthly unique visitors in the third quarter of 2025, serving clients around the world. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, CoStar Group is committed to transforming the real estate industry through innovative technology and comprehensive market intelligence. From time to time, we plan to utilize our corporate website as a channel of distribution for material company information. For more information, visit CoStarGroup.com.