About Ultralytics
At Ultralytics https://ultralytics.com/, we commit to relentless innovation in the AI space and seek team members https://www.ultralytics.com/about who resonate with our ambition to produce the world's best YOLO AI models https://ultralytics.com/yolo. If you're obsessed with AI, eager to make an impact on the world, and thrive in dynamic, high-intensity environments, we invite you to apply for a position on our team.
🌍 Join the team powering the future of vision AI Hello, hola, 你好, こんにちは, नमस्ते, hallo, bonjour! Thanks for stopping by — we know your time is valuable, so here's what makes Ultralytics special.
⚡ Who we are At Ultralytics https://www.ultralytics.com/, we're on a mission to simplify AI for everyone. As the creators of the world's leading Ultralytics YOLO models https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics, we empower millions of developers, researchers, and companies worldwide to build state-of-the-art computer vision applications.
Following our $30M Series A round https://www.ultralytics.com/news/ultralytics-raises-30m-series-a, we're expanding rapidly across our global hubs in New York London, Madrid, and Shenzhen. This is an opportunity to join a fast-scaling, high-performance team that's redefining the future of vision AI — where ambition meets impact, and ideas become reality.
We move fast. We build boldly. We execute with purpose. And we do it together.
💼 About the role As Founding Engineer, you'll help establish our New York engineering team, shipping features across the YOLO https://docs.ultralytics.com/models ML/computer vision surface and the platform around it. You'll connect model capabilities with usable interfaces, reliable APIs, and production infrastructure.
“Founding” means end-to-end ownership, not a queue of assigned tickets. You'll define scope, make architectural decisions, write and review code, deploy changes, and own production outcomes.
This is a hands-on senior engineer with tech-lead responsibility, not a people-management requirement. You'll use AI coding tools daily and coordinate with colleagues in the UK, Spain, and China through clear plans, async communication, and accountable delivery.
🚀 What you'll do Strategy & execution
- Own a feature area from requirements and architecture through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration.
- Ship ML/CV capabilities alongside full-stack interfaces, backend services, and infrastructure, using our documentation https://docs.ultralytics.com/ and guides https://docs.ultralytics.com/guides.
- Use Copilot https://github.com/features/copilot or Codex https://openai.com/codex/ routinely, validating generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability.
Cross-functional collaboration
- Break ambiguous work into milestones, align dependencies across locations, and communicate decisions and blockers asynchronously.
- Balance customer needs, technical trade-offs, and commercial deadlines with Product and Engineering.
Representation & leadership
- Lead design and code reviews, unblock engineers, and set standards for testing, observability, and production reliability.
- Strengthen our open-source ecosystem https://github.com/ultralytics through maintainable contributions, technical documentation, and engineering knowledge-sharing.
🧠 Skills and experience Core requirements
- Senior-to-principal/distinguished-level industry delivery, with sustained ownership of feature areas and tech-lead-level accountability.
- Shipped ML/AI and computer vision work, with practical Python https://www.python.org/ and PyTorch https://pytorch.org/ proficiency beyond coursework or research.
- Full-stack capability spanning user interfaces, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, deployment, and production operations.
- Current AI-assisted development experience, sound review judgment, and a preference for mainstream, well-documented tools.
- Strong async communication, work breakdown, and deadline delivery within structured teams; no degree required, but industry experience is essential.
Our culture is built around our core values
- Relentless progress: Constant evolution and improvement.
- Strive for excellence: Perseverance and attention to detail.
- Actions, not words: Focus on delivering meaningful results.
- Act with urgency: Seize fleeting opportunities.
- Open access to all: Transparent communication and collaboration.
Learn more in our Ultralytics Handbook https://handbook.ultralytics.com/mission-vision-values/#values.
💰 Compensation and benefits We reward excellence and impact — not just tenure or title.
- Competitive salary: Reflecting your experience and contribution.
- Equity packages: We want our success to be yours too.
- On-site collaboration: Work with passionate builders in one of our global hubs.
- Flexible working hours: We value results over routines.
- Generous time off: 24 vacation days, your birthday off, plus local holidays.
- Tech & tools: Work on cutting-edge AI projects that power millions of devices.
- Gear: Brand-new Apple MacBook Air/Pro, Apple Studio Display, and AirPods Pro 3.
- Learning & development: Dedicated budget for personal and professional growth.
- High impact: Your work will shape the future of vision AI.
👉 Check out ultralytics.com/careers http://ultralytics.com/careers for more about our culture, values, and teams.
🌎 Where and how you can work We believe great work happens where passion meets purpose.
- This role is hybrid in New York office, working with our new NYC engineering team.
- Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country of application.
We're an in-office team that values daily collaboration, energy, and connection. Being together helps us move faster, learn from one another, and celebrate wins as they happen.
🚀 Why join us We're not just building models — we're building the ecosystem powering the future of vision AI. If you're ready to build, move fast, and make an impact — this is your moment.
⚡ Ready to build the ecosystem powering the future of vision AI? Apply now. https://www.ultralytics.com/careers