Computer Vision Engineer

About the position

GameChanger by DICK'S Sporting Goods is a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City that connects families through live video streaming of games, scorekeeping, and team communication tools for youth sports. We believe in the life-changing impact of youth sports, which encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence. We are seeking a skilled software engineer with a background in computer vision and machine learning to join our team. This role offers exciting opportunities to work with senior leadership and lay the foundations for the future of computer vision in our product.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement computer vision and machine learning algorithms and models.
• Collaborate with other engineers to integrate computer vision and machine learning solutions into the GC app or deploy them into our backend.
• Stay up-to-date on the state of the art models and techniques, and apply them to projects.
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand the problems facing different users in different sports domains.
• Think creatively about how to use new, existing, and custom models to accomplish business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Track record of successful computer vision or machine learning projects in industry or academia.
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with popular computer vision and machine learning libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and OpenCV.
• Comfort working in a cross-functional product team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and in a team environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with object detection and recognition, image and video processing, and their application to solve real world problems.
• Understanding the pros and cons of running a model on the edge vs the backend, and how to help make those decisions.
• Familiarity with backend APIs built with TypeScript, Node.js, Redis, Kafka, and PostgreSQL, and openness to full-stack development.
• Experience or interest in product analytics, A/B testing and product experimentation at scale.

Benefits

• Work remotely throughout the US or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Paid volunteer opportunities.
• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.
• Snack stipend - $60 monthly to have snacks shipped to your home office.
• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA/HRA, and coverage for family/dependents.
• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.
• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.
• Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Vanguard, with a company match.
• Company paid access to a wellness platform to support mental, financial and physical wellbeing.
• Generous parental leave.
• DICK'S Sporting Goods Teammate Discount.