Head of Computer Vision Engineering

Glacier; Santa Fe (NM); Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Glacier is seeking an Engineering Manager, Computer Vision to lead our CV organization, owning the vision and roadmap while guiding an international team. You’ll partner with Product, Software, Operations, and Manufacturing to align priorities and deliver high-impact CV systems.

This is a technical leadership role focused on strategy and execution rather than daily coding. You’ll mentor engineers, shape the roadmap, and drive performance across the CV stack.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering management experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on computer vision / ML engineering experience.
• Firsthand 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

Python

SQL

Roadmap strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Glacier is seeking an Engineering Manager, Computer Vision to lead our CV organization, owning the vision and roadmap while guiding an international team. You’ll partner with Product, Software, Operations, and Manufacturing to align priorities and deliver high-impact CV systems.

This is a technical leadership role focused on strategy and execution rather than daily coding. You’ll mentor engineers, shape the roadmap, and drive performance across the CV stack.