Computer Vision Engineer, C++
Finland, Helsinki
Shadow (job listing); Varjo (company described in the job advertisement) Job Description
Shadow is advertising a Computer Vision Engineer position for Varjo’s Eye Tracking Team in Helsinki, Finland. Varjo develops enterprise virtual reality and mixed reality solutions used in industrial applications, including pilot and astronaut training, automotive design, and medical research.
The successful candidate will develop and improve machine-learning-driven C++ algorithm pipelines that power eye-tracking features in Varjo’s mixed reality products. The role combines production-grade software engineering, computer vision, applied machine learning, data analysis, and performance optimisation.
Responsibilities include optimising algorithms and models for accuracy and runtime efficiency on resource-constrained hardware, building automated testing and KPI pipelines, analysing model performance, and developing data-processing pipelines for human-collected eye-tracking data. The engineer will work with C++ and Python, contributing across algorithm development, experimentation, tooling, and performance optimisation.
Applicants should have at least five years of professional software engineering experience, strong C++ and Python skills, experience with complex C++ codebases, and practical knowledge of computer vision, machine learning, image processing, or sensor fusion. Experience with embedded hardware optimisation and structured software development processes is also expected. Familiarity with eye tracking, pose tracking, camera hardware, optics, and image acquisition is an advantage.
The company offers an international working environment, a low-hierarchy culture, and opportunities to contribute to advanced virtual and mixed reality technology. Salary and specific working hours have not been provided.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proficiency in C++ for production-grade algorithm code
- Experience working with complex C++ codebases
- Experience debugging and optimising software performance
- Experience writing maintainable production software
- Experience optimising code and models for resource-constrained or embedded hardware
- Strong Python skills for data pipeline and machine-learning work
- Practical experience with computer vision, machine learning, image processing, or sensor fusion
- Experience with structured software development, including sprints, continuous integration, quality assurance, and release processes
- Strong data analysis skills, including data cleaning, statistical analysis, and visualisation
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Ability to work as a team player
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