Principal Computer Vision & Tracking Engineer

Catapult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to work with global teams

Collaborative environment for personal growth

Impact in the sports performance industry

Job summary

Catapult is looking for a Principal Computer Vision & Tracking Engineer in Greater London. This role involves leading the development of camera-based products, driving the computer vision and real-time tracking systems. The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of experience in software engineering, strong proficiency in Python/C++, and a background in ML or CV systems. Join a team dedicated to sports performance technology and work collaboratively to enhance athlete insights.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant depth in at least one of computer vision, real-time systems, ML/AI deployment, or robotics perception.
• Strong proficiency in Python and C/C++ across the full stack from model training to performance-critical native code.
• Demonstrated experience shipping ML or CV systems to production on resource-constrained or embedded platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of the computer vision and tracking domain.
• Lead and mentor a small team of engineers, setting priorities and driving execution.
• Train, optimize, and deploy neural networks for real-time segmentation and classification.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Real-time systems

Robotics perception

Tools

Neural networks

Embedded Linux

Docker

AI accelerators

Job description

Catapult is looking for a Principal Computer Vision & Tracking Engineer in Greater London. This role involves leading the development of camera-based products, driving the computer vision and real-time tracking systems. The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of experience in software engineering, strong proficiency in Python/C++, and a background in ML or CV systems. Join a team dedicated to sports performance technology and work collaboratively to enhance athlete insights.