Lead Machine Learning Engineer (gamingtech)

Engineering · Full-time · Calgary, Canada · Remote possible

Job description

NOTE: This opportunity is with one of our venture companies building advanced surveillance and player tracking technology designed specifically for casinos.

About the Opportunity: We are looking for a Lead ML Engineer accountable for developing and optimizing machine learning models, focusing on poker chip detection, player tracking, and game analytics. This role includes providing technical hands-on leadership to a small team of ML engineers, while collaborating with other functions to deliver high quality results in a fast paced startup environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and deploy computer vision models for object detection and segmentation.
  • Lead the development of image and video processing algorithms.
  • Collaborate with software engineers and product managers to integrate ML models into product architecture.
  • Mentor junior ML engineers and lead ML design decisions.
  • Optimize models for on-premise deployment with minimal latency.

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience in computer vision and ML.
  • Advanced degree in ML, AI, or related field.
  • Proven track record with object detection/segmentation models (YOLO, Mask R-CNN).
  • Strong coding skills in Python and experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow/PyTorch).