Applied Science Manager - Computer Vision / ML

We're looking for a Lead Applied Scientist - Computer Vision to lead one of our Applied Science teams at Entrust. You will lead a team of 6 applied scientists that trains and evaluates vision-language models for data extraction on one side, and tiny models ( What you will be doing

• Define the team's roadmap together with product and engineering leads.
• Stay up to date on the vision language modelling and efficient ML literature, and translate these insights into product opportunities.
• Manage a team of 6 Applied Scientists.
• Contribute to the regular development lifecycle by creating datasets, training and evaluation code.
• Push the frontier of research in areas such as vision language modelling, document understanding, few shot learning, distillation, quantisation, and active learning.
• Publish research results in national and international conferences and scientific journals.

• 2+ years of experience leading a team of ML scientists or research engineers.
• 5+ years of industry experience as an individual contributor in a machine learning science team, either as an ML scientist or research engineer.
• Strong experience in machine learning and computer vision.
• Strong record of delivering high performance ML driven products.
• Deep understanding of machine learning theory.
• Strong coding skills in Python and PyTorch.

• Preferred: Technical experience in document understanding, vision language modelling, few shot learning, distillation, quantisation, and active learning.
• Preferred: Publications at top level machine learning conferences.
• Preferred: Experience optimizing (distributed) training code.

• Scientific contributions: evidence of past work, publications, talks, or open source projects that influence the team's direction.
• Leadership & People Management: passion for growing people and fostering teamwork.
• Product and business acumen: ability to translate research into product impact and form lasting cross functional relationships.

London, UK (Hybrid - 3 days in office)

Entrust is an EEO/AA/Disabled/Veterans Employer. Entrust values diversity and inclusion and we are committed to building a diverse workforce with wide perspectives and innovative ideas. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, and we strive to provide an accessible experience for candidates of all abilities. If you require an accommodation, contact .