Job Title: Software Engineer III
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Preference in order:

• Onsite Pittsburgh, PA
• Remote (EST candidates)
• Remote (CST/MST/PST candidates)

Summary:

• We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated software engineer to lead the open sourcing of research data, models, training, and rendering, and visualization code for the Social AI team within client’s Codec Avatars lab. The engineer will interact with the academic research community and open-source development communities to address their pain points using our open-sourced work, and advocate for its adoption via the organization of hackathons, workshops, and other public engagement events.

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong programming skills in Python and C++
• Experience with version control systems such as Git or Mercurial
• Experience using open-source projects and tools

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Experience open-sourcing new or maintaining existing projects
• Experience attending or running hackathons, e.g. on Kaggle or in-person
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: deep learning, computer vision, AR/VR, robotics, machine learning or artificial intelligence

Years of Experience:    

• 5+ years of experience

Degrees/Certifications Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical fields, or equivalent practical experience

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to identify opportunities for open sourcing research data, projects, and code
• Update research code to work outside of client’s infrastructure using standard open-source tooling
• Ensure external reproducibility of research results and live demos
• Develop and implement strategies for releasing research assets under open licenses
• Create and maintain documentation for open-sourced projects, including README files, tutorials, and API documentation
• Engage with the open-source community through GitHub, forums, conferences, and other online and offline platforms to promote our projects and gather feedback
• Contribute to the development of new features and bug fixes for open-sourced projects
• Provide technical support and guidance to external contributors and users of our open-sourced projects
• Triage feature requests and pain points from external users
• Review and ingest pull requests and other contributions from the open-source community
• Monitor and analyze metrics on open-source project usage and community engagement
• Identify opportunities for collaboration with other open-source projects and communities
• Integrate our open-sourced projects with other popular and industry-standard tools to ease adoption
• Organize hackathons, conference workshops, and other engagement events to help promote adoption of our open-sourced projects

Required Skills:

• Strong programming skills in Python and C++
• Experience with version control systems such as Git or Mercurial
• Experience with build systems such as CMake, Bazel, or Buck
• Experience using open-source projects and tools
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with development on Linux operating systems
• Strong attention to detail

Preferred Skills:

• Experience open-sourcing new or maintaining existing projects
• Experience using PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorRT
• Experience with desktop VR development using OpenXR
• Familiarity with development on Windows and Mac operating systems
• Experience attending or running hackathons, e.g. on Kaggle or in-person
• Experience submitting code alongside academic publications at conferences such as CVPR or SIGGRAPH
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: deep learning, computer vision, AR/VR, robotics, machine learning or artificial intelligence

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical fields, or equivalent practical experience

Interview Process:

• How many rounds of interviews: 3 (1 screen, 2 panel interviews)
• Types of Interviews: VC
• Interview Duration: 15-30 minute screen
• Panel interviews will be an hour each

 

About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
 
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
 
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $75.00/hr.