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Lime is looking for a Principal Applied Scientist to serve as the technical architect and strategic lead for advanced computer vision and machine learning systems. In this role, you will define how intelligent, real-world systems perceive and interpret their environment, from concept through large-scale production deployment. You will work on complex applied perception challenges that require a strong blend of computer vision, machine learning, and data expertise, with solutions operating in real time on edge hardware. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can set long-term technical direction while balancing system performance, reliability, and user experience in dynamic, real-world conditions. This is a remote position with a requirement for candidates residing in the U.S. to maintain effective collaboration across teams.
Job Responsibility:
Technical Strategy & Roadmap: Define and execute the long-term technical vision for applied computer vision systems, identifying high-impact opportunities and guiding architectural decisions
Complex Problem Solving: Architect and own real-time perception and scene-understanding solutions designed to operate reliably in complex, real-world environments
Advanced Data Fusion: Lead efforts to combine computer vision with additional sensor inputs to improve robustness, accuracy, and contextual understanding
Hardware–Software Co-Design: Collaborate with hardware and firmware teams to optimize vision algorithms for deployment on resource-constrained edge devices, ensuring low latency and high reliability across diverse conditions
End-to-End Ownership: Oversee the full lifecycle of machine learning solutions—from data strategy and model development to deployment, monitoring and iterative improvement in production
Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Act as a senior technical authority for computer vision and applied ML
mentor scientists and engineers and promote a culture of rigorous, production-oriented development
Cross-Functional Influence: Partner with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders to translate high-level requirements into scalable, technically sound solutions
Strategic Innovation: Stay current with advances in AI and computer vision research, identifying techniques that can be adapted for practical, real-world applications
Requirements:
8+ years of industry experience in Computer Vision and Machine Learning, with a strong track record of deploying production-grade systems in real-world environments
Edge AI Expertise: Extensive experience optimizing and deploying CV/ML models on embedded or edge hardware platforms where power, performance, and efficiency constraints are critical
Sensor Fusion Experience: Deep understanding of integrating with additional sensor modalities to solve complex perception or state-estimation problems
Strategic Technical Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading technical strategy and influencing architecture across teams
people management experience is a plus
Real-World Problem Solving: Proven ability to build robust systems that perform reliably under noisy, variable, and imperfect real-world conditions
Academic Foundation: Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with a focus on Computer Vision or Machine Learning
Nice to have:
people management experience is a plus
What we offer:
Comprehensive Health & Wellness: A choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, with Lime covering 100% of the employee-only premium for many plans
company-paid life and disability insurance
company-funded mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan with both pre-tax and Roth options
access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a monthly company contribution
Family & Fertility Support: Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
fertility and family-forming benefits
Time Off & Flexibility: Flexible vacation policy for exempt employees
paid sick time
a calendar of paid company holidays
Unique Lime Perks: Complimentary use of Lime vehicles in participating cities
a monthly phone allowance
dedicated learning and development days
access to perks including One Medical, Wellhub, and Headspace