Senior Computer Vision Engineer — 3D Mapping & VPS (Hybrid)

Niantic Spatial, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 257,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan with company match

Equity ownership

Job summary

Niantic Spatial, Inc. is seeking a senior staff engineer to own major portions of Reconstruction and Localization technologies. You will build a living geospatial world model and contribute to high-fidelity 3D representations and centimeter-level VPS accuracy.

This individual contributor role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and guiding the roadmap while collaborating with Product, Research, and Operations teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in Computer Vision, ML, or related field (or 4+ years with PhD).
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering; Master’s/PhD preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or C/C++.
• Experience taking research to production at scale; technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of core technologies including SfM, photogrammetry and 3D reconstruction.
• Stay up-to-date with state-of-the-art VPS and 3D reconstruction methods and invent novel solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable production-grade CV systems powering VPS, mapping pipelines.
• Optimize algorithms and train models for high accuracy on CPU/GPU in cloud or device.
• Drive data quality and benchmarking for reliable spatial grounding of AI queries.
• Define technical roadmap and provide mentorship and governance to the team.
• Collaborate with Product, Research, and Operations to translate CV innovations into user experiences.

Skills

Python

C/C++

3D Computer Vision

Machine Learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master's or PhD preferred

Job description

Niantic Spatial, Inc. is seeking a senior staff engineer to own major portions of Reconstruction and Localization technologies. You will build a living geospatial world model and contribute to high-fidelity 3D representations and centimeter-level VPS accuracy.

This individual contributor role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and guiding the roadmap while collaborating with Product, Research, and Operations teams.