Staff Deep Learning Engineer — Perception & ML Systems Lead

haydenai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Hayden AI is seeking a Staff Deep Learning Engineer to own long-horizon perception projects and elevate the team’s capabilities. You will lead design-to-production efforts, mentor engineers, and shape the technical direction across DL, Platform, and Product teams.

The role requires mastery in multiple perception verticals, strong MLOps experience, and excellent communication. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners on ambitious perception solutions for transit and government use

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Vision, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years building and deploying ML models in production; prior experience in a tech lead or staff-equivalent role preferred
• Mastery in at least 2 perception verticals: 3D vision, video/temporal models, vision-language models, foundation models, edge device CUDA know-how.
• Breadth across model training, evaluation, optimization, cloud/edge deployment, and MLOps (pipelines, experiment tracking, CI/CD).
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, lead technical discussions, and influence cross-team decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication; thrives in a fast-paced startup

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scope perception projects, from design through production.
• Define and document technical approaches; drive alignment across Deep Learning, Platform, and Product teams.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code review, design feedback, and hands-on pairing.
• Contribute to team roadmap and help evaluate and prioritize new technical investments.
• Set and uphold engineering quality standards across model development, MLOps, and deployment.
• Collaborate with Product and program management to solve abstract problems and deliver high-quality solutions

Skills

3D vision

Video models

Vision-language models

Foundation models

CUDA

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Robotics/CV/EE

Tools

NVIDIA edge device

Cloud deployment

MLOps

CI/CD for ML

CUDA toolkit

Job description

Hayden AI is seeking a Staff Deep Learning Engineer to own long-horizon perception projects and elevate the team’s capabilities. You will lead design-to-production efforts, mentor engineers, and shape the technical direction across DL, Platform, and Product teams.

The role requires mastery in multiple perception verticals, strong MLOps experience, and excellent communication. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners on ambitious perception solutions for transit and government use