Computer Vision & Machine Learning Engineer, Photon-Efficient Event-Driven Imaging

Company: Snap
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As a Computer Vision & ML Engineer on the Spectacles team in London, you will help advance photon-efficient, event-driven imaging for next-generation AR wearables. You’ll collaborate with Snap’s hardware and software groups to design and deploy ML models and CV algorithms, contributing to tracking, depth estimation, and SLAM in high-temporal-resolution data. This role blends cutting-edge imaging research with practical implementations to enable camera-first experiences. You join a world-class team shaping wearable computing and AR glasses.

Pay / Benefits

  • paid parental leave
  • comprehensive medical coverage
  • emotional and mental health support programs
  • compensation packages linked to Snap’s long-term success

Responsibilities

  • Design, train, and deploy machine learning models and CV algorithms for photon-efficient, event-driven imaging systems
  • Advance tracking, depth estimation, and SLAM using high-temporal-resolution event-driven data
  • Develop novel photon-efficient imaging features for AR glasses
  • Explore ML and probabilistic techniques to boost speed, noise robustness, and accuracy of CV systems
  • Contribute to detection capabilities (face, hand, body) for AR systems

Key requirements

  • 5+ years of post-Bachelor’s relevant experience; or Master’s degree + 4+ years; or PhD + 2 years
  • Experience with computer vision for photon-efficient or event-driven imaging systems (e.g. VIO, SLAM, Hand tracking)
  • 5+ years programming in C++ and Python (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  • Strong foundation in CV, ML, and statistical signal processing
  • Solid math background in 3D geometry, probability, statistics, and linear algebra
  • Ability to translate ideas into clean, fast, reliable code
  • Attention to detail and strong communication; outstanding problem-solving skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Clear communication
  • Problem-solving
  • Photon-efficient, event-driven imaging
  • Computer vision and machine learning
  • VIO/SLAM/Hand tracking

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Posted: October 1st, 2026