Computer Vision Engineer

This role is for Québec residents only. You can apply for the role as long as you are residing in the province of Québec and are eligible to work from there. All other applications will be ignored. This is a remote position, so you can work from anywhere in the province. Bien entendu, on parle français! At Inspectify, we are the world’s only vertically integrated property inspection platform. We are backed by some of the most prominent venture firms including Fundrise, Nine Four VC, Foundation VC and YCombinator (S20). Our platform streamlines home inspections through our network of over 2,000 inspector partners in the US and Canada. Our proprietary inspection software and platform empower homeowners to discover and care for their home, bringing them visibility and data regarding their property.  We are expanding our engineering team based in Montréal/Québec, that works in tandem with the rest of the product, engineering and data teams in Seattle and around the USA. We’re looking for a Computer Vision engineer to join our data and AI team to work on exciting computer vision projects. You’ll also be involved in helping us shape the architecture and framework for Computer Vision/Machine Learning related projects here at Inspectify. This is a fully remote job, but we get together from time to time for in person meetings and collaboration sessions (a couple of times a year) This role will report directly to our VP Engineering, based in Montréal. We collect millions of data points and media items every month (we manage end-to-end the whole data collection process). The models you’ll build will be used by our inspectors, customers and internal teams within our home inspection platform, so you’ll be working on very impactful projects.  Responsibilities:

• Design, train and deploy computer vision algorithms and machine learning-powered product features
• Utilize machine learning techniques such as image classification/segmentation, pattern recognition, feature detection, edge detection, etc
• Set up and maintain an image annotation/model training platform
• Define and implement the architecture for Computer Vision projects
• Work with key stakeholders to help identify new model and algorithm to build
• Work with the engineering team to ensure proper usage of the model within Inspectify’s suite of software and architecture
• Work alongside the data and insights team to track adoption and usage of models

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience as a Computer Vision Engineer or Machine Learning Engineer
• Professional experience building object detection models, anomaly identification models or other Computer Vision related models and algorithms, etc
• Strong programming skills with languages like Python, C++, Java, etc.
• Good knowledge of popular CV and image processing libraries (OpenCV, scikit-image, CUDA, CV-CUDA, etc)
• Knowledge of platforms such as Roboflow, Rekognition, Labelbox, Dataloop, SuperAnnotate, Telus, Supervisely, Scalabel, etc
• Strong communication skills and a great capacity to present and explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audience
• Autonomy and comfortable with ambiguity and ability to adjust quickly in a dynamic environment

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience with LLMs and LVMs
• Previous experience in VC backed startups
• Background and understanding of the real estate market and proptech
• Good experience with cloud services providers like Heroku, AWS, GCP, etc

Package & Benefits:

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Unlimited/flexible vacation policy
• 16 weeks 100% paid maternity/paternity time off policy, this is complementary to QPIP
• Complete and generous health insurance (medical, dental, vision, etc), paid for 100%
• Life Insurance, long term & short term disability paid paid for 100%
• Annual professional development stipend for books
• Team volunteering opportunities
• Travel to Seattle (at least) once a year for our corporate offsites and get-together

Our Values We care about people The whole is greater than the sum of its parts - Aristotle We’re a remote first company, and our culture and internal processes are designed with this mindset. We value autonomy, accountability and transparency and we thrive to show it at every level and opportunity presented to us. We believe that success and happiness can be achieved by taking care of ourselves and the ones surrounding us. This obviously includes our customers and partners.  Understand and connect the system  The Real Estate industry is an evergrowing, fast changing market. We aim at solving a complex problem in an ecosystem where we don’t always control all the inputs and outputs. Our current work and future vision will continuously affect the different elements in the space. From all areas, know how one action or change can affect the ecosystem. Empower to Own We strive to set an environment where people can be leaders which means being able to own. Opening up opportunities for trials, experiments, and thought-provoking conversations will bring a sense of impact and value to each and every one of us. Be consistent with a purpose We need to have established opinions on different matters. These perspectives that we carry on shows that we should be consistent in our messaging, interactions, and relationships. But, always remember to be intentional and know why we hold onto these thoughts. Expand your potential We want to be in a culture that cultivates growth in our employees. Leaders not only lead but also think bigger organizationally. By crafting this type of atmosphere, we want to make sure our customers and partners are getting the best experience. Be conscious by giving back We adopt a mentality of creating a cycle of giving back to the community and society. The space we’re in is very tight-knit and Inspectify needs to be at the forefront of being an example in the industry. Being thoughtful of our community reflects that we are conscious of our position in the business.