Hiring: Applied Research Engineer Company: Sieve Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 17:57:30 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: Computer Vision, Audio Processing, Python, PyTorch, ML Frameworks, Video Understanding, Inference Optimization, Parallelism, Pipelining, Fine-tuning, Open Source Experience: - 2+ years of experience in computer vision or audio processing - Bonus: Experience as an early hire at a startup Required Skills: - Strong Python development with hands-on experience in PyTorch or similar ML frameworks - Building high-performance building blocks and large-scale pipelines for video understanding at internet scale - Working with models + APIs, optimizing performance through clever pre/post-processing, parallelism, pipelining, inference optimization, and occasional fine-tuning - Excellent communication skills, especially with customers and external teams - Writing clean, maintainable code - Breaking down problems from customer-level impact to necessary building blocks Qualifications: - Deep passion for the video domain and media technologies - Motivated by building end-to-end products—not just training models - Bonus: Active contributor to open source projects - Bonus: Active GitHub or portfolio projects - In-person at SF HQ Compensation: - Base pay range: $150,000.00/yr - $300,000.00/yr - Benefits: 401k + Full Health Insurance, Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner covered + snacks of your choice, Ubers covered home Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!