Director of Machine Learning

Overview

Lead the Machine Learning and FPT teams to define Gather AI's ML strategy and technical roadmap for its vision-powered warehouse intelligence platform over the next 12–18 months.

What you'll do

• Define and own the ML strategy and technical roadmap for Gather AI, aligned with product and business objectives
• Lead and grow the Machine Learning and FPT teams, establishing a culture of rigor, experimentation, and production-quality delivery
• Drive improvements to core computer vision models (object detection, segmentation, OCR) used across our drone and MHE Vision products
• Build out MLOps infrastructure, including model training pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and CI/CD for ML workloads
• Collaborate with the Director of Cloud Engineering and Director of Autonomy to ensure ML systems integrate seamlessly into the broader platform
• Partner with Product and Operations to translate customer needs into ML-driven product capabilities

What you'll need

• 10+ years building and scaling production ML or computer vision systems
• 5+ years managing and growing ML engineering teams
• Deep expertise in computer vision: object detection, image segmentation, OCR, and CNN architectures
• Strong Python and PyTorch (or TensorFlow) proficiency, plus a track record of shipping ML models to production at scale
• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (strong industry track record considered in lieu of advanced degree)

Nice to have

• Experience with drone, robotics, or autonomous systems perception
• Edge ML deployment experience (ONNX, TensorRT, mobile/embedded inference)
• Familiarity with warehouse, logistics, or supply chain domain
• Experience with AWS or GCP ML services (SageMaker, Vertex AI)

Details

• Location: Pittsburgh, PA; open to remote (US)
• Reports to executive leadership with direct line to executive leadership