Computer Vision Engineer Jobs

60 open computer vision engineer jobs at 27 employers, updated twice a day.

60 Open roles
27 Companies hiring
14 Cities

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The market for computer vision engineer roles

As of 23 September, 61 computer vision engineer roles are open at 27 employers. The countries with the most are the United States, Australia and China. Of the roles that say how they work, 16% are remote or hybrid.

Two-thirds of computer vision engineering roles listed on the board are in the United States, with Australia the next most represented country and a handful of other markets — including Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada and several Asia-Pacific nations — each accounting for a small share. The spread of seniority is notable: senior and lead levels together account for well over half of roles where seniority is stated, while interns make up a meaningful minority and junior roles are relatively few. Most openings have been on the board for at least a month, with only a modest share posted in the last fortnight and none added in the current week. A small number of large employers account for nearly two-fifths of all listed roles, suggesting some concentration among established hiring organisations.

How recently the open roles were posted

This week 0
Last week 9
Two weeks ago 3
Three weeks ago 4
One to two months ago 17
Two to three months ago 4
Earlier 24

Figures are measured every Monday.

About computer vision engineer roles

Computer vision engineers build and train the algorithms that allow machines to interpret digital images and video. Typical application areas include autonomous vehicles, robotic manufacturing, security systems and medical imaging. The role sits close to machine learning engineering but centres on visual data specifically, drawing on image processing, object detection, segmentation and related techniques. Core tools include OpenCV, a widely used open-source library organised into modules covering image processing, camera calibration and deep neural networks, and PyTorch's torchvision package, which provides pretrained model architectures and image transforms across tasks such as classification, detection and optical flow. People enter the field from backgrounds in computer science, electrical engineering or mathematics, and progression often leads toward technical leadership or applied research.

Skills and experience employers ask for

Computer vision is mentioned in nearly all descriptions, confirming it as the core competency. C++ and Python appear with similar frequency, reflecting that production systems often combine a high-performance compiled language with a scripting layer. PyTorch and TensorFlow are each mentioned in a substantial share of descriptions. References to PhD and master's level study appear in roughly half of descriptions, as do mentions of publications, suggesting that research output carries weight in many of these roles, particularly at senior levels.

Computer vision 90%
C++ 75%
Python 74%
PyTorch 49%
PhD 49%
Master's degree 46%
Evaluation 34%
TensorFlow 30%
Publications 23%
GPUs 18%
Transformers 18%
Fine-tuning 16%

Share of the open roles' descriptions that mention it, from a sample of 61. A mention is not a requirement.

Where the computer vision engineer roles are

United States 38
Australia 5
China 2
India 2
Canada 2
Germany 2
United Kingdom 2
Japan 1
Israel 1
Poland 1

Office, hybrid or remote?

On-site work dominates strongly among the roles on the board that state a work mode, with the large majority expecting engineers to be present at a physical location. Hybrid arrangements account for a small share, and fully remote roles are a very small minority. This pattern likely reflects the hardware-intensive and lab-based nature of much computer vision work, where access to cameras, sensors and GPU infrastructure on site is often necessary.

Getting a computer vision engineer role

  1. Show both languages clearly Descriptions mention C++ and Python at nearly equal frequency, so demonstrating fluency in both — rather than one alone — places a candidate much closer to what most hiring teams are looking for.
  2. Build a portfolio around tasks, not tools Organise project work by problem type — detection, segmentation, optical flow — rather than by framework, since employers are primarily interested in what you can solve and the tools are secondary.
  3. Engage with the research literature A notable share of descriptions mention publications, and conference papers from CVPR, ICCV and WACV are freely available through the Computer Vision Foundation; reading and being able to discuss recent work signals genuine depth in the field.
  4. Prepare for on-site or hybrid roles The strong bias toward on-site work across the listed roles means candidates who can relocate or who are already in a hiring city have a practical advantage, particularly in the United States where most openings are concentrated.

Questions about computer vision engineer jobs

They design, train and evaluate algorithms that extract meaning from images and video — tasks such as detecting objects, classifying scenes, tracking motion or reading medical scans — and integrate those algorithms into products or pipelines.

The two roles overlap, but computer vision engineers specialise in visual data. Their work draws specifically on image processing, camera models and visual representations, whereas machine learning engineers typically work across data types and are less focused on the particulars of image or video input.

Python and C++ are both widely expected. On the framework side, PyTorch — including its torchvision package for image tasks — and TensorFlow are the most commonly mentioned, with PyTorch appearing somewhat more often among the listed roles.

PhD and master's level study are mentioned in a large share of descriptions among the listed roles, suggesting advanced academic background carries significant weight, particularly at senior and research-oriented levels. However, skill mentions in descriptions are not the same as stated requirements, and not all roles make a specific degree mandatory.

Richard Szeliski's textbook Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications is available as a free PDF download from the author's website. Research papers from major conferences including CVPR, ICCV and WACV are posted as free open-access versions by the Computer Vision Foundation.