Computer Vision/Machine Learning Engineer (PhD Graduate)

Dandy is transforming the massive ($200B) but antiquated dental industry. Backed by some of the world's leading venture capital investors, we are on an ambitious mission to integrate and simplify every function of the dental practice through technology. By building the operating system for every dental office in America, Dandy is empowering dentists with technology, innovation, and world-class support to achieve more for their practice, their people, and their patients.

About the Role

Over the past three years, Dandy has established itself as the leading digital-first custom dental appliance manufacturer. As we continue to scale, we are building a world-class Machine Learning & Computer Vision team to enhance our 3D dental platform and automate many of the human-driven processes in our manufacturing today.

As a member of this team, you will tackle challenges involving 3D geometric computer vision, generative deep learning, and state-of-the-art machine learning methods. You will play a key role in laying the foundation that will drive the team’s success, establishing best practices, solving ambiguous data problems with industry-wide impact, and having the freedom to innovate.

What You’ll Do

• Develop computer vision models to extract structure from unstructured, information-dense 3D scans.

• Research state-of-the-art methods for developing models to accomplish 3D generative AI tasks as well as conventional computer vision tasks.

• Collaborate with product and research teams to identify opportunities for improvement in our current product line and to enable upcoming product lines.

• Work with massive datasets to develop both generic models and fine-tune models for specific applications.

• Develop evaluation methods to establish confidence in our datasets and models.

• Implement best practices for our MLOps pipelines.

• Work closely with product owners on a feature-focused team to deliver value quickly to Dandy’s customers.

What We’re Looking For

• PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics or a related field, with a focus on machine learning and computer vision

• Extensive experience in Python

• Experience with 2D deep learning

• Experience with PyTorch

• Immaculate attention to detail and pride in delivering excellent code and results

• Experience with 3D geometric computer vision preferred

• Experience with 3D deep learning preferred

You'll Really Stand Out if You

• Have published in ML and AI journals

• Have made contributions to open source code that you can share

• Have internship experience 

For full time positions, we offer a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

Dandy is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates authenticity to win as one. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Dandy also fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We are dedicated to embracing challenges and creating an accessible, inclusive workplace for all individuals. If you require any accommodations for your interview or have any questions beforehand, rest assured that we will move at Dandy speed and do everything in our power to meet your needs.