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Machine Learning Research Engineer

Acceler8 Talent
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/28/2026 CLOSED ON 2/26/2026

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Machine Learning Research Engineer - Video Intelligence - Up to $250k


A Series A Funded start-up who already have millions in recurring revenue are building next-generation AI infrastructure for video intelligence are looking for an Applied Research Engineer to join their team.


What You'll Be Doing


  • Build high-performance video understanding systems and large-scale processing pipelines
  • Tackle ambiguous research problems with creative technical solutions
  • Optimize model performance through clever pre/post-processing, parallelism, and inference optimization
  • Work directly with customers and external teams to deliver end-to-end video intelligence products
  • Collaborate with leading AI video labs on cutting-edge applications


What We're Looking For


  • 3 years experience in computer vision or audio processing
  • Strong Python skills with PyTorch or similar ML frameworks
  • Excellent communication abilities, especially customer-facing
  • Clean, maintainable coding practices
  • Product-minded approach - you want to build complete solutions, not just train models
  • Early startup experience is a plus


What's In It For You:


  • Competitive salary up to $250k
  • Small, high-impact team with significant growth trajectory
  • Opportunity to work with top AI video labs and collect world-class datasets


Apply now for immediate consideration!

Salary : $150,000 - $250,000

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