Senior Principal Applied Scientist, Vision & GenAI Leader

Zalando; Zürich; Hybride; CHF 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Employee shares program

40% off fashion and beauty products

30% off Lounge by Zalando

Discounts from external partners

2 paid volunteering days a year

Hybrid working model up to 60% remote

Work from abroad up to 30 days

25 days vacation

Health and wellbeing options

Swiss SBB Halbtax

Mental health support and coaching

Training platform and peer review

Résumé du poste

Zalando in Zurich seeks a Senior Principal Applied Scientist for Size & Fit to lead research and deliver production-scale AI solutions for fashion sizing and fit. You will leverage GenAI and advanced computer vision on large datasets to influence product decisions that improve customer satisfaction at scale.

You will mentor scientists, shape the scientific roadmap, and collaborate with product and design to translate complex business goals into impact-driven technical initiatives.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AI, or related field with 5+ years post-doc/industry experience.
• Hands-on AI/ML model building, deployment and rapid prototyping.
• Strong publication record in premier venues (CVPR/ICCV/ECCV/NeurIPS/ICML/PAMI/IJCV).
• Fluent in English with excellent communication to tech and leadership audiences.
• Mentorship and talent development of junior and senior scientists.

Responsabilités

• Lead in CV/ML, raise scientific bar with peer review and knowledge sharing.
• Partner with Product Management and Design to refine requirements and deliver MVPs.
• Stay at the forefront of CV techniques (GANs, Diffusion, NeRFs) and AI/ML.
• Implement durable, repeatable processes ensuring MLOps and reliability.
• Mentor and grow team members to become world-class researchers and engineers.

Connaissances

Python

PyTorch

ML frameworks

GenAI

3D Computer Vision

Diffusion models

Computer Vision

Formation

Ph.D. in CS/ML/CV/AI

Description du poste

Zalando in Zurich seeks a Senior Principal Applied Scientist for Size & Fit to lead research and deliver production-scale AI solutions for fashion sizing and fit. You will leverage GenAI and advanced computer vision on large datasets to influence product decisions that improve customer satisfaction at scale.

You will mentor scientists, shape the scientific roadmap, and collaborate with product and design to translate complex business goals into impact-driven technical initiatives.