ML Vision Engineer

About the role

We're looking for a Machine Learning Vision Engineer to help our R&D team push the boundaries of video analytics - from multi-view geometry and 3D reconstruction to multiple object tracking and facial analysis. You'll work at the core of Aurora, our own cloud-managed stereo sensor, which combines onboard shopper detection and tracking with WiFi, Bluetooth, and HD video recording.

You'll do well here if you have a strong grip on multi-view geometry, an inventive eye for new techniques, and a genuine drive to scale computer vision into large, real-world installations. This isn't research in a vacuum - the algorithms you build run in stores around the world.

Because RetailNext builds its own hardware and software end to end, you'll get a rare shot at owning problems from theory through production deployment.

Reports to: Head of Technology

Location: Taiwan, Remote

What You'll Do

Algorithm Research & Development

• Lead the development of new computer vision algorithms for shopper detection, tracking, and analytics
• Improve the performance and efficiency of existing algorithms already running in production
• Apply multi-view geometry techniques to solve image registration, mosaicking, and 3D reconstruction problems
• Prototype new approaches quickly in Python or MATLAB before hardening them for production
• Stay close to the research space so RetailNext's techniques keep pace with - and get ahead of - the field

Multi-Sensor Systems Integration

• Build robust software that integrates multiple sensors and tracking systems, including Aurora's stereo cameras, WiFi, and Bluetooth
• Design for real-world conditions - variable lighting, store layouts, and hardware constraints - not just clean lab data
• Work across the video, WiFi, and Bluetooth analytics pipelines to keep detection and tracking accurate and consistent

Applied Engineering & Delivery

• Design, implement, validate, and release applications and capabilities in C++ and Python
• Take algorithms from prototype to production-ready code that runs reliably at scale
• Validate new techniques against real deployments across large, global installations
• Partner with the rest of the R&D team to review, test, and ship new capabilities

What We're Looking For

Required

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Vision, or Machine Learning
• Strong programming skills in C/C++
• Rapid prototyping experience in Python or MATLAB
• Strong understanding of multi-view geometry
• Experience designing, implementing, and releasing computer vision applications

Valued but Not Required

• Experience with multiple object tracking or facial analysis
• Experience integrating multi-sensor systems (video, WiFi, Bluetooth)
• Background applying computer vision at production scale, not just in research
• Experience with embedded or onboard processing on custom hardware

What We Offer

• Work on novel computer vision problems most teams never get near - multi-view geometry, 3D reconstruction, and multiple object tracking at production scale
• Help shape the algorithms behind Aurora, our own cloud-managed stereo sensor, from R&D through installations running around the world
• Real ownership over new algorithm development, not just maintenance - your work directly drives what ships next
• Monthly Recharge Day
• Holiday Exchange Program
• Best Self Benefit Program
• Medical Insurance
• Work from Anywhere up to 90 days