Staff Deep Learning Engineer

Join Hayden AI as a Staff Deep Learning Engineer, where you will lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scope perception projects, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, and contribute to the team roadmap. You will work closely with the platform team to build out MLOps infrastructure and uphold engineering quality standards across model development, MLOps, and deployment.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scope perception projects, from design through production.
• Define and document technical approaches; drive alignment across Deep Learning, Platform, and Product teams.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code review, design feedback, and hands-on pairing.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Vision, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Breadth: Working proficiency across model training, evaluation, optimization, cloud and edge deployment, and MLOps (pipelines, experiment tracking, CI/CD for ML)
• Leadership: Proven ability to mentor engineers, lead technical discussions, and influence cross-team decisions
• Depth: Mastery in at least 2 of the 4 perception verticals
• Personal Attributes: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to write clear design docs and project plans; thrives in a fast-paced startup
• Experience: 8+ years building and deploying ML models in production; prior experience in a tech lead or staff-equivalent role preferred