About Us
Butlr is on a mission to make the built environment people-aware. We live and work in houses and buildings that aren't aware of their inhabitants. We heat and cool spaces when no one is in them, clean areas that haven't been used, and lease office space that no one is using. Our vision is to enable smarter buildings and increase the quality of life while respecting privacy.
Spun out of the MIT Media Lab in 2019 with offices in Silicon Valley and Boston, Butlr was founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs Honghao Deng and Jiani Zeng. Butlr pioneers in space occupancy and people sensing technologies and delivers rich spatial intelligence for workplace, retail, and healthcare use cases. We help customers revolutionize the way they operate in human-centric environments, ensuring efficiency and productivity at every step.
We are backed by top venture capital institutions and strategic investors such as Foundry Group, Tiger Global, Qualcomm Ventures, E14 Fund, and Carrier, among others. We are recognized as one of Fast Company's "2024 Most Innovative Companies", Inc. Magazine's "2023 Best in Business'' (AI & Data Category), World Economic Forum's Top Innovator in YES San Francisco Challenge, among other awards/recognitions. We operate with top occupiers, landlords, care facilities, and service providers in North America, Europe, and Asia. We pride ourselves in providing exceptional solutions and service to numerous prestigious customers, tech giants, and world's largest conglomerates and brands.
We are hiring talented and passionate people to join our team to help us continue our rapid growth.
About the Role:
Our machine learning and algorithm team is at the forefront of innovation, transforming buildings into intuitive spaces that understand human presence through smart, privacy-preserving sensors. We're dedicated to crafting solutions that make every space more welcoming and comfortable.
As an ML engineer, you'll be a key player in shaping the future of smart buildings. Collaborating with designers, product managers, and hardware engineers, you'll develop cutting-edge detection and tracking solutions for low-power devices. Your work will generate the vital insights and data that power smart building APIs worldwide, defining what's possible for spaces everywhere.
Requirements:
- MS/PhD in machine learning, computer science, STEM, or related fields.
- 3+ years of experience working on image processing and computer vision, with experiences in pose estimation, action recognition, and tracking
- Strong programming skills in Python
- Familiarity with production ML systems on the edge and the cloud
- Experiences working with large scale ML systems spanning cloud and edge devices
- Experiences with model building, both in deep learning and classical statistical modeling
- Experiences in computational photography and performance tuning are a plus
- Experience with OpenCV, PyTorch, NumPy
- Experiences with C++ a plus
- Strong scientific communication skills
Responsibilities:
- Develop next generation privacy preserving algorithms using novel IoT sensors.
- Develop detection systems to generate signal useful for building insights, enabling our vision of smart buildings
- Develop and build next-gen novel techniques and models to enable assistive technologies that empower those with special needs
- Work with product to develop data products
Salary: $140k - $180k based on experience
Benefits:
- World-class team with low ego.
- A work environment that is flexible
- Comprehensive health benefits package
- Retirement savings plan
- Flexible time off
- Professional development opportunities
Why working at Butlr is great!
We are building a culture that puts people first! We’re a team of engaging, motivated, and intelligent problem-solvers who are committed to making an impact. We believe in fostering a culture of healthy work-life balance, and we encourage an inviting, collaborative, fun work environment.
Butlr is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply!
Disclaimers
Butlr provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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What We Do
Butlr is the world’s first and only 100% anonymous people sensing and occupancy detection platform that helps enterprises all over the world improve their workplace planning and optimize their operations. Using just body heat and advanced AI technologies, Butlr understands presence and traffic without capturing any identities—ever.
