Senior Computer Vision Engineer | Road Infrastructure AI

Senior Computer Vision Engineer (m/f/d) | Fulltime | Remote

Your Mission at vialytics

You play a key role in shaping the core Computer Vision and AI systems that enable cities to automatically assess and understand the condition of their road infrastructure. Your mission is to drive the continuous improvement of our models and AI workflows — making them robust, scalable, and reliable in real-world conditions. Through accurate damage detection, meaningful evaluations, and intelligent agent-based systems, your work empowers municipalities and partners to make better, data-driven decisions. What you build directly supports public services and has a measurable, real-world impact on how cities plan, maintain, and operate their infrastructure.

Your contribution to the product

• Design and develop applied Computer Vision solutions , taking models from experimentation to production using modern best practices.

• Train, fine-tune, and improve Computer Vision models , ensuring robust performance across real-world scenarios.

• Define and maintain annotation guidelines and labeling strategies to ensure high-quality datasets for model training and evaluation.

• Perform systematic error analysis and model debugging , translating findings into measurable improvements.

• Maintain and enhance existing Computer Vision models with a focus on scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

• Contribute to Agentic AI initiatives , including prompt engineering for LLM-based agents and evaluation of agent behavior and performance.

• Translate Computer Vision model outputs into standardized road condition assessment and rating systems , enabling consistent and interpretable results.

• Take ownership of your domain , proactively identify shortcomings, propose improvements, and deliver high-impact results with minimal supervision.

Key Skills you need to succeed in this role

• Strong experience in applied Computer Vision, including Object Detection, Image Classification, Semantic Segmentation and Structure from Motion.

• Hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Visual Large Language Models (VLMs).

• Fluency in English, with the ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly.

• Creativity and the ability to challenge the status quo and established assumptions

• Willingness to reassess and correct current decisions when data or evidence suggests a better approach.

• Strong analytical skills for error analysis, model debugging, and performance optimization

• High level of perseverance, resilience, and frustration tolerance when working on complex, ambiguous problems.

• Genuine passion for Computer Vision and AI, with a strong drive to continuously improve systems and outcomes.

• Ability to take ownership of complex topics and deliver results independently.

What you can expect

• Freedom for your ideas : You can shape, experiment, and contribute from day one. Your opinion matters – and we mean it.

• Dynamic work environment : You'll gain valuable experience in a growing scale-up with an agile team, short decision-making paths, and plenty of room to take real ownership.

• Technology meets team spirit : Strong and motivated team, great technology stack and opportunity to influence the product evolution.

• Strong together – from day one : Our international team brings together founding members and new talents with diverse perspectives. What unites us? Diversity, energy, and real team spirit – even in a remote setting.

• Work the way that suits you : Our remote-first culture lets you work from anywhere within Germany – and Workation is possible upon agreement. You decide when and how you work – we trust you.

• Lifelong learning : Your development matters to us. That’s why we offer you €1,500 of personal learning budget per year – for trainings, conferences, or other formats that help you grow.

• Attractive benefits : With EGYM Wellpass, you get access to 8,000+ gyms and health facilities. On top, enjoy exclusive employee discounts via corporate benefits and FutureBens – for tech, travel, lifestyle, and more

You want to shape Computer Vision and AI systems that empower municipalities worldwide?

Join our team of 3 Data & Science Specialists and create impact with vialytics.