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# Staff Computer Vision Engineer

- **Company:** Niantic, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $256,500 - $315,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 3D Scanning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, C++ (Programming Language), Virtual Private Servers, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Systems Architecture, Gaussian, Information Technology, 3d Mapping
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-senior-staff-computer-vision-engineer-map-team-niantic-spatial-8121241

## About the Role

* Years of Experience: 7+ years of professional experience in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or a related field (or 4+ years with a PhD in a relevant domain).
 * Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; Master's or PhD preferred.
 * Core Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in Python and/or C/C++.
 * Specialized Expertise: Proven experience in both classical and learned-based 3D Computer Vision and ML.
 * Full SW lifecycle experience: Demonstrated experience in taking research into production at scale.
 * Technical Leadership Experience: Previous experience tech leading computer vision projects.

## Description

As a staff member of the Map Team, you'll own and drive significant parts of our Reconstruction and/or Localization technologies. You will be responsible for building the Map representing a living geospatial world model that can be simultaneously used to generate a high-fidelity 3D representations via Gaussian Splatting and Meshing, as well as the centimeter-level accuracy Visual Positioning System (VPS) that allows people and robots to explore the real world.

This is an individual contributor role with a strong component of technical leadership where you will mentor other engineers and influence the technical roadmap.

What you will do

 * Technical Leadership: Lead the design and implementation of some of our core technologies, namely, Structure from Motion (SfM), Feed Forward and Foundational models, and high-fidelity 3D Reconstruction (e.g. meshing, gaussian splats).
 * Applied Research: Up to speed state-of-the-art in relevant areas to be able to invent novel solutions in VPS and/or 3D Reconstruction alongside the team.
 * System Architecture: Design, develop, and maintain scalable production-grade Computer Vision systems that power Niantic Spatial's VPS, 3D Reconstruction and 3D Mapping pipelines.
 * Algorithm optimization and production implementation: develop and optimize algorithms, train models, for high-accuracy and high-performance execution on CPU/GPU on the cloud or device as part of a reliable production system.
 * Quality & Benchmarking: Drive decision-making creating high quality data that allows the accurate spatial grounding of AI queries with structural, semantic and location specific knowledge.
 * Technical Strategy & Mentorship: Work with engineering leadership to define the technical roadmap and quarterly objectives for the Applied CV Team; provide high-level mentorship and code governance to elevate the team's technical bar.
 * Cross-Functional Delivery: Collaborate with Product, Research, and Operations teams to ensure that state-of-the-art Computer Vision solutions translate into delightful user experiences.