Applied ML Engineer

Following selection criteria will be strictly followed -

• Graduated in 2019 or before
• 5+ YOE in the industry, excluding any career breaks
• Should be able to join in 30 days once the offer letter is released
• Location. - Bangalore / Noida
• Budget - Open to discussion

About Us

SiteRecon is a B2B SaaS platform transforming property measurements for landscapers and snow removal contractors in the $176B US market. Using advanced AI on high-resolution aerial imagery, we've reduced measurement time from 1 week to 1 day, aiming for 1 hour with upcoming AI advancements.

Role Overview

We seek a skilled Applied ML Engineer to evaluate, enhance and/or transform our computer vision infrastructure from traditional CNN architectures to cutting-edge transformer-based models. This role demands expertise in model design, training, and optimization.

You'll have access to:

• A vast aerial imagery database (7 cm GSD) of 500,000+ properties across the U.S. since 2021.
• A team of 60 annotators mapping thousands of acres daily.
• A ready market of 350+ customers for immediate deployment.
• Powerful compute resources for rapid model training.

This is a frontier challenge in computer vision and GIS. While solutions like Meta's SAM offer basic raster segmentation, they lack the precision for creating high-fidelity, topologically consistent vectors essential for practical GIS applications. SAM struggles with occlusions (e.g., shadows, tree canopies) and produces "blobs" rather than architect-quality outputs.

Our approach focuses on solving a constrained problem: using the world's highest-resolution aerial imagery (7 cm) over U.S. urban areas with logical, repeatable patterns. By tackling this focused challenge, we aim to develop scalable templates to generalize automated extraction for broader GIS applications, similar to Waymo's strategy in self-driving technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement transformer-based architecture for semantic segmentation of aerial imagery
• Develop efficient image-to-token and token-to-image conversion pipelines
• Create and maintain training datasets, including data cleaning, augmentation, and validation
• Optimize model training processes for distributed computing environments
• Implement efficient inference pipelines for production deployment
• Collaborate with engineering team to integrate new models into existing infrastructure

Required Technical Skills

• Strong foundation in computer vision and deep learning fundamentals
• Extensive experience training transformer models from scratch
• Expert-level proficiency in PyTorch
• Experience with ONNX or TensorRT model optimization and deployment
• Deep understanding of distributed computing and parallel processing
• Advanced Python knowledge, including multi-threading and multi-processing optimization
• Experience with semantic segmentation tasks
• Proven track record of handling large-scale data processing

Required Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on deep learning experience
• Track record of successfully deploying computer vision models in production
• Experience with vision transformer architectures
• Experience optimizing models for production using ONNX/TensorRT
• Background in handling high-resolution satellite/aerial imagery preferred
• Masters/PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field preferred

Desired Qualities

• Strong mathematical foundation in deep learning concepts
• Experience with model architecture design and optimization
• Proven ability to conduct independent research and stay current with latest developments
• Excellence in technical documentation and communication
• Self-motivated with a passion for solving complex technical challenges

What Sets You Apart

• Experience with vision transformers specifically for segmentation tasks
• Published research or contributions to open-source computer vision projects
• Experience with high-performance computing environments
• Background in geospatial data processing
• Hands-on experience with model quantization and optimization using ONNX/TensorRT
• Experience deploying optimized models in production environments

Why This Role Matters

Every day without improved segmentation costs us real business opportunities. We need someone who moves fast, thinks systematically, and delivers production-ready improvements quickly.