The Role
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will bridge the gap between raw computer vision and physical, 3D-printed reality. You will own the pipeline that translates a smartphone video into a high-fidelity, CAD-compatible 3D reconstruction of human anatomy.
What You’ll Work On
3D Reconstruction & Generation: Develop and deploy SOTA models for 3D human body part reconstruction (SDFs, NeRFs, Gaussian Splatting, or Mesh-based approaches) from videos.
Deep Learning: Architect pipelines that handle non-Euclidean data to extract precise clinical measurements from noisy real-world scans.
CAD Integration: Bridge the gap between AI inference and parametric CAD modeling for automated 3D printing preparation.
Rapid Prototyping & Continual Learning: You should be used to keeping up to date on latest advances and quickly implementing these advancements into our systems.
Production ML: Work with our engineering team to deploy models into our AWS/serverless environment, ensuring clinical-grade accuracy at scale.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Technical Requirements
PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Graphics, Geometry Processing, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Deep expertise in 3D representations (Meshes, Point Clouds, Voxels, SDFs) and their respective computational tradeoffs.
Proven track record in Generative Vision, 3D Reconstruction, or related topics.
Strong proficiency in Python and PyTorch.
Experience in CAD and computational geometry is a big plus.
Experience with ML infrastructure in AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, etc) and model deployment is a plus.
Experience in Biomedical AI or Biomechanics (e.g., modeling joint movement or tissue) is highly valued but not required.
Helpful Characteristics
Fast Iteration Mindset: Willingness to move fast, iterate confidently in ambiguous tasks and deliver results from imprecise instructions or requirements.
Product Minded: Our AI team communicates the art of the possible. Having a good eye for high-value product opportunities is a major plus.
Polymathic: You can discuss loss functions with researchers, API latency with engineers, and 3D printing constraints with manufacturing.
Strong Communicator: You clearly explain your ideas, challenge assumptions, and collaborate across engineering, AI, and product teams.
Mission-Driven: You want to build technology that helps people walk without pain and revolutionize the future of orthopaedic care.
Thrives in Collaboration: You push back, ask tough questions, and elevate the team.
Top Skills
What We Do
Foot pain is the new plague amongst manufacturing workers and other workers of all types. It’s a costly issue for employers and increases absenteeism while lowering morale. Hike provides the highest quality, most affordable, and most scalable integrated solution to solve this problem for employers. We provide insoles that are shaped precisely for each foot using our ShapeCapture technology.
Why Work With Us
We're changing an industry with our ShapeCapture technology, and broadening the access to affordable foot healthcare to millions of Americans. Our founding team is young and we're dedicated builders. We're backed in a revolving fashion by a large scale clinic operator doing $25M revenue yearly- Hike is stable. We offer generous ESOPs and benefits.
