Director of Computer Vision & AI Systems

Glacier; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Benefits package

Job summary

Glacier in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Director of Computer Vision to lead the CV organization. You will own the vision and execution of the CV roadmap, guide an international CV engineering team, and ensure the team focuses on high-priority work as the company scales.

This role reports to the Co-Founder and CTO and shapes computer vision strategy and collaboration across functions. You will mentor engineers, set priorities, and provide credible guidance on models, datasets, compute,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering management experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on computer vision / ML engineering experience.
• Experience training and deploying computer vision models.
• Strong technical understanding of model optimization, dataset quality, compute, evaluation, and production performance.
• At least intermediate Python and SQL proficiency.
• Experience building technical roadmaps and coordinating complex, cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, strategy, and execution of Glacier's computer vision roadmap in partnership with Product Management.
• Lead, mentor, and develop our distributed CV engineering team, including hiring, performance, upskilling, and retention.
• Set project and task-level priorities, keeping engineers focused and unblocked.
• Break complex technical challenges into clear plans and coordinate execution across multiple engineers and workstreams.
• Provide technical guidance on models, datasets, compute, evaluation, and production performance.
• Establish lightweight processes that improve execution and collaboration.
• Partner with Software, Operations, Manufacturing, and Field Engineering to identify and resolve cross-functional dependencies.
• Oversee the labeling function, including resourcing, budget, and quality.

Skills

Engineering management

Computer vision

ML engineering

Python

SQL

Roadmap planning

Cross‑functional collaboration

Team leadership

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Glacier in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Director of Computer Vision to lead the CV organization. You will own the vision and execution of the CV roadmap, guide an international CV engineering team, and ensure the team focuses on high-priority work as the company scales.

This role reports to the Co-Founder and CTO and shapes computer vision strategy and collaboration across functions. You will mentor engineers, set priorities, and provide credible guidance on models, datasets, compute,