Sr Software Engineer, AI Engineer

Vivint; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vivint is seeking an AI Engineer to join the Camera AI team in Utah. You will help shape practical AI solutions for home protection, sensor fusion, and computer vision across edge and cloud environments.

You will collaborate with embedded, apps, platform, QA, product, and UX teams to deploy scalable AI features for a large customer base, while monitoring performance and iterating improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field with 3–5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in AI/ML and computer vision.
• Data structures, curation, annotation, and pipelines.
• Programming proficiency: Rust, C++, Python, Shell; Embedded Linux; Git.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of high-quality, scalable AI features and products, focusing on customer benefits and technical excellence.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (embedded, apps, platform, QA, product, and UX) to deploy AI solutions to a large customer base.
• Create, test, and refine advanced ML models, optimizing for edge and cloud environments.
• Develop comprehensive data management pipelines including curation, visualization, annotation, and model training.
• Monitor and maintain AI features in production, iterating improvements based on customer value.

Skills

AI/ML Experience

Computer Vision

Data Pipelines

Rust

C++

Python

Embedded Linux

Git

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD in Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

FiftyOne

CVAT

Vertex AI

Label Studio

GStreamer

ffmpeg

mediapipe

DVC

GitLab Pipelines

GCP

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future.

Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.

About This Role

As an AI Engineer on the Camera AI team, you will work alongside a group of talented and collaborative engineers to create practical AI solutions that significantly enhance home protection, provide valuable insights, and increase daily convenience. Our pioneering, fully integrated smart home ecosystem provides a unique platform to develop groundbreaking experiences in computer vision, sensor fusion, and advanced machine learning applications.

Your key responsibilities will encompass:

• Lead the design and development of high-quality, scalable AI features and products, focusing on customer benefits and technical excellence.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (embedded, apps, platform, QA, product, and UX) to successfully deploy AI solutions to our large customer base.

• Create, test, and refine advanced machine learning models, optimizing them for both edge and cloud environments.

• Develop comprehensive pipelines for data management, including curation, visualization, annotation, and model training processes.

• Continuously monitor and maintain the performance of AI features in production, ensuring ongoing customer value and discover iterative improvements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's, Master's, PhD in Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field and 3-5 years of relevant experience Strong analytical and problem-solving skills AI/ML Experience:

• Computer vision

• Data structures, curation, annotation, and pipelines o Model training, fine-tuning, and evaluation

• Programming and Technical Proficiency: Rust, C++, Python, Shell, Embedded Linux, Git

Preferred Qualifications:

• Computer Vision: Classification, Object Detection, Segmentation, Tracking, Recognition, VLM, Pose, Vector Embeddings, Re-ID, OpenCV

• ML frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch

• Data Engineering:

• FiftyOne, CVAT, Vertex AI, Label Studio

• Data Visualization/Story Telling and Data Wrangling/Munging/Big Data

• MLOps/DevOps: DVC, CML, GTO, Gitlab Pipelines

• Cloud: GCP (Vertex AI/Storage/Cloud Functions), AWS, Azure

• Databases: SQL, NoSQL, Vector, Time Series, Graph

• Transformers, LLMs, Knowledge Graphs

• Multimedia pipelines: GStreamer, ffmpeg, mediapipe

• Edge computing, Embedded Systems, and IoT Devices

• Model compression techniques

• Image, Audio, Radar, Signal Processing

• Communication Protocols: gRPC, MQTT, WebRTC, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth

• Experience working with secure, scalable, high‑availability, low latency, and distributed solutions

• JIRA and Confluence proficiency

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol‑free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post‑accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

EEO is the Law Poster (The poster can be found at http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf)

Official description on file with Talent.

We support the use of AI tools to help you prepare for your interview (e.g., practicing responses, researching the role, or refining your resume). However, during interviews and assessments, we expect responses to reflect your own thinking, experience, and communication. Use of AI to generate or read answers in real time, complete assessments, or misrepresent your qualifications is not permitted and may impact your candidacy.

Vivint, an equal opportunity employer, does not consider any protected traits (e.g., race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, non‑job‑related disability, age, or any other protected trait) when hiring—under federal, state, and local laws. We are a drug‑free environment. We do not conduct pre‑employment drug screening; however, we do conduct random drug testing on site.