The RealReal is leading the way in authenticated luxury consignment, online and in real life at our brick and mortar locations. Founded in 2011, we’re growing fast and fundamentally changing the way people buy and sell luxury — a multi-billion dollar industry. With a team of in-house experts who inspect every item we sell, our commitment to authenticity sets us apart and creates a foundation of trust with shoppers and consignors. Our mission to extend the life cycle of luxury items is leading innovation in sustainable fashion. We’re proud to promote the circular economy and to be the first luxury member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s prestigious CE100 USA.

Employees at The RealReal are dedicated, collaborative and innovative, and we’re looking for exceptional talent to join our team. Build your career with us and enjoy 401K matching, health, dental and vision insurance, commuter flex spending, healthcare flex spending, generous PTO, a mother’s room, and flexible work hours!

The Lead Computer Vision Engineer will be leading our authentication machine learning team in creating algorithms around image classification to predict forgery. This person will drive the technical direction of the authentication machine learning team and work closely with the engineering and product partners.

This position is based in San Francisco, CA and will report to the Director of Data Science & Engineering.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and test Computer Vision / Deep Learning models to create highly accurate systems used in operations

Write production quality code primarily in python

Take ownership of key components, ensuring that they meet the needs of the business.

Collaborate with senior management, product management, and other engineers in the development of product

Mentor team members to build the company's overall expertise

Work to make The RealReal an innovator in the space by bringing passion and new ideas to work every day

REQUIREMENTS

Experience with classical computer vision techniques (image registration, thresholding, camera calibration, keypoint detection, etc)

Experience with deep learning applied to computer vision (image classification, object detection, semantic segmentation, GANs, etc)

A quantitative degree

5+ years experience in building and evaluating machine learning & deep learning models

5+ years experience putting machine learning models into production

High degree of familiarity with: Sklearn, TensorFlow/Keras, Pytorch

An in depth knowledge or project you can showcase your skills

Comfortable working in an environment where innovation and change are the norm

A passion for building great products

NICE TO HAVE

Strong experience with cloud environments such AWS/GCP

Prior experience in software development

The RealReal is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants for a position regardless of arrest or conviction records, consistent with legal requirements.

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