Principal Research Engineer, Landing AI

$225-275k

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

3 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)

Visual AI software

Open for applications

Visual AI software

101-200 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseManufacturingInternet of ThingsMachine LearningSaaS

Open for applications

$225-275k

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

3 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)

101-200 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseManufacturingInternet of ThingsMachine LearningSaaS

Company mission

To help companies across all industries take advantage of their vast set of vision data to build, deploy and scale Visual AI solutions.

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Company

Role

Who you are

Expertise: PhD in machine learning, computer vision, or a related field, with 10–15+ years of professional experience in cutting-edge AI research and development
Leadership: Visionary leader with a proven track record of driving successful AI projects and mentoring technical teams
Technical Excellence: Deep knowledge of large multimodal models, fine-tuning techniques, and agentic frameworks, particularly in vision and text applications
Visionary Thinker: A passion for innovation and a keen interest in applying AI to solve complex, real-world problems
Collaborative: Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across teams and with executive leadership
In-Person Presence: Willingness to work from our Palo Alto office at least three days a week to engage closely with the team

What the job involves

Shape AI Strategy: Collaborate with company leadership to define and execute an innovative AI roadmap, ensuring alignment with our mission to lead in Visual AI
Lead Innovation: Drive the design, development, and integration of advanced multimodal AI systems into our products, leveraging cutting-edge advancements in vision and language models
Pioneer Solutions: Develop novel machine learning algorithms to tackle unsolved challenges in Visual AI, opening new opportunities for our customers
Inspire and Mentor: Lead, mentor, and elevate a team of machine learning engineers, fostering technical growth and innovation across the organization

Our take

The need for AI in industries like manufacturing and healthcare is growing, with businesses increasingly relying on visual data from images and videos. However, many struggle with how to leverage this unstructured data for better decision-making and efficiency.

Landing AI has stepped in to solve this problem with LandingLens, a platform that helps companies create, train, and deploy computer vision models. It streamlines the process and keeps data secure, allowing businesses to apply AI technology more easily.

While LandingLens is a recent launch, the company has been making waves since its launch due to the reputation of founder Andrew Ng, who is considered one of the AI ecosystem's leading figures. This, along with a number of recent achievements position Landing AI for further growth and innovation in AI-driven visual technology.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

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Top investors

Glassdoor (4.7)

Company

Funding (1 round)

Nov 2021

$57m

SERIES A

Total funding: $57m

Company benefits

Health: Our people and dependents (subject to country of employment) are covered by comprehensive medical, dental, and vision.
Environment: We provide an allowance for you to set up a workstation however you want
Wellness: We offer a fitness stipend to be used on well-being and fitness programs
Lifelong learning: With an education stipend, you are encouraged to keep learning and growing
PTO: We provide generous paid time off (subject to country of employment) so you can strive toward a balanced lifestyle
Retirement: We offer retirement plans (subject to country of employment) to help you plan for your future!
Events: We love having fun! We set up regular virtual and in person events to connect with each other
Global Citizen: Our people reside in North America, Latin America, and Asia. Come and join our global network!

Company HQ

Ventura, Palo Alto, CA

Leadership

Dan Maloney

(CEO)

Initially joined LandingAI in 2022 as COO before becoming the CEI in 2024. Prior to this, they were an Executive VP at Data Robots and Zepl, CEO at Perspica, and VP of Sales and Marketing at AccelOps.

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