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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Machine Learning Engineer - **Company:** Kinetic Plc - **Location:** Costa Mesa, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Computer Vision, Encodings, Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Management of Software Versions, Pytorch, Flask (Web Framework), Large Language Models, Backend, Fastapi, HuggingFace, GPT, Docker - **Published:** May 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d8657431695bf32c ## About the Role * Deep ML / CV Fundamentals: You need hands-on experience training and evaluating deep models for segmentation and detection (PyTorch). You must understand how Transformer/LLM building blocks map to vision (ViT/DETR/Mask2Former) and have practical exposure to 2D/3D data, point clouds, and camera geometry * Curiosity & Strict Attention to Detail: You are obsessed with corner cases. You have a sharp eye for data anomalies, run rigorous ablations, keep meticulous experiment logs, and can clearly communicate trade-offs * AI-Empowered, Not AI-Dependent: We strongly encourage leveraging AI tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to maximize your efficiency. However, you must 100% understand the underlying details of the code you ship. We are looking for strong independent thinkers and debuggers, not someone who simply passes along AI outputs without deep comprehension * Working knowledge of transformer and LLM building blocks applied to vision, including self-attention, positional encodings, tokenization, and mapping these ideas to vision models (e.g., ViT, DETR, Mask2Former) * Practical exposure to 3D/depth data, including familiarity with point clouds, camera geometry (intrinsics/extrinsics), basic calibration, and multi-view geometry * Proficiency in Python and the relevant tech stack: PyTorch, torchvision, Detectron2 or MMDetection/Segmentation, and Hugging Face Transformers * Experience with Python services (FastAPI/Flask), Docker, and AWS services (S3, Batch/EC2, ECR) is preferred. * Strong communication skills with the ability to write tidy PRs, experiment logs, and short design notes to ensure reproducibility ## Description You will be a part of a small, production-minded ML team based in Orange County/Oakland. You'll collaborate with other engineers and researchers to develop, evaluate, and help deploy vision models for tasks like semantic/instance segmentation and object/damage detection across 2D and 3D data., * The Work: Implement training loops, curate datasets, drive high-priority experiments, and partner with cross-functional teams to close feedback loops from edge cases * The Stack: PyTorch, Detectron2 / MMDetection / Segmentation, Hugging Face Transformers, Python (FastAPI), Docker, AWS * Collaborate on model development by implementing training loops, losses, augmentations, and evaluations using PyTorch * Keep current with the industry by summarizing relevant papers and PRs, and proposing small, testable improvements * Contribute to datasets by helping define labeling guidelines, curating splits, running quality checks, and maintaining data versioning * Run experiments to track metrics, perform ablations, write clear experiment notes, and present findings. * Provide production support by exporting models, writing basic inference code, adding tests, and assisting with performance profiling * Work cross-functionally, partnering with backend engineers on APIs, containers, and CI, and with ops/labeling teams on edge cases and feedback loops ## Related Videos - [Machine Learning for Software Developers (and Knitters)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/154-machine-learning-for-software-developers-and-knitters) - [Intro to FastAPI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/462-intro-to-fastapi) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [ Evaluating AI models for code comprehension](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1462-evaluating-ai-models-for-code-comprehension) - [Introduction to Azure Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/368-introduction-to-azure-machine-learning) - [Building and Deploying Multi-Agent Systems with ADK and Vertex AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1918-building-and-deploying-multi-agent-systems-with-adk-and-vertex-ai) ## Related Articles - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [MLOps – What’s the deal behind it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/125-mlops-what-s-the-deal-behind-it) - [MLops – Deploying, Maintaining And Evolving Machine Learning Models in Production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/115-mlops-deploying-maintaining-and-evolving-machine-learning-models-in-production) - [Dev Digest 137 - AI'm not sure about this](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/485-dev-digest-137-ai-m-not-sure-about-this)