Deep Learning Engineer
Kaleido, Austria

Kaleido is hiring a Deep Learning Engineer to extend and improve remove.bg, the market-leading solution for automated background removal with Artificial Intelligence.

As an experienced developer you will play a key role in building the core components of the worlds leading solutions for automated background removal. Your contributions will have a direct impact on millions of users worldwide.

As an eager follower of the latest trends in visual AI research you have a deep understanding (no pun intended) of modern deep learning architectures (especially encoder-decoder like architectures), and will improve our products to stay ahead of the curve and develop new features and solutions. You will research best practices, develop novel approaches, work on prototypes and evaluate what performs best.

Found a medium article about a new optimizer? Great, lets evaluate it and see how it performs for our use case!

There is a new activation function that everybody is talking about? Awesome! Replacing ReLu is done in an instant and we can also try to combine it with the new optimizer!

You read about this novel approach in a CVPR paper? Lets take a closer look and see if it could be useful for us!

We encourage you to look into own ideas on how to improve existing networks or work on new solutions. You will experiment on a large scale on cloud infrastructure with high-end GPUs and TPUs. Of course you will also get the best hardware for local prototyping.

• Relevant degree from university / FH
• Experience in machine learning / deep learning and with convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
• Experience in classic computer vision (2D image processing)
• Python, Pytorch (or other deep learning frameworks), OpenCV, numpy, Linux / Bash
• Fluent English skills (both written and spoken)
• Self-motivated, ability to learn quickly and adapt to changes

• 38.5 h/week
• The salary for this position is 50.000 gross per year or more, depending on your qualifications and experience.
• You participate in the company’s stock option program

We are a Vienna-based startup specializing in AI-based photo background removal. Our product remove.bg has reached millions of users within a few days after its launch, was awarded #3 product of all time on ProductHunt, and reported by media such as TechCrunch, Forbes and DigitalTrends. We are a small and agile team, and most of us work in our Office in Vienna's inner city. You can find more about us on www.remove.bg/about

At Kaleido, you will work on innovative products in an agile environment. You'll join a growing international team with customers around the globe and will have the ability to co-shape the company and products. You’ll receive extensive training in your first month, for your specific role and across departments to ensure an optimal start.

We offer flexible working hours (you can work remotely up to 75% of the time) and our brand new office is located in Vienna's beautiful third district. We have unlimited coffee, snacks and beverages and we will pay for your lunch (at least partly). Your commute with Wiener Linien is on us as you get a free annual ticket (Jahreskarte).

As a Canva company we collaborate with teams all over the globe, with a shared mission of empowering the world to design.

Fill out the application form with your CV and a short cover letter on why you are interested and a good fit for this position. Please include a photo that has the background removed or replaced. It can be any photo - feel free to do something creative, but at the very least it's just a proof that you have read this page until the end :)

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