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Scandit is a high-growth tech startup from Switzerland with offices in Zurich, San Francisco, Boston, Warsaw and London.

Our technology for recognizing any barcode with any standard mobile phone is leading in the market today. To see our software in action, check out ourvideos.

We are now looking for a new colleague to join our small, but passionate team of computer vision engineers and help us make the next steps. Together with the other team members, you will be responsible for further improving our scanning performance and making our technology work in even morechallenging conditions(for example viadeep learningtechniques), but also for adding new capabilities to our products, such asobject detection, text recognitionandAR.

Take a look at how we use CV and AR for enterprise applications:

What You Will Do

• Lead applied research efforts on challenging computer vision problems (together with other senior team members)


• Integrate results into new and existing Scandit products in the fields of barcode scanning, object detection, text recognition and augmented reality


• Actively contribute to our code base


• Work closely with the product organization to identify and explore new market opportunities


• Mentor more junior members of our growing team

Who You Are

• You hold a PhD in computer vision or an MSc in computer science (or a related field)


• If you do not hold a PhD, you have 4+ years of practical experience in computer vision, image processing or machine learning for computer vision


• You are fluent in C++ and/or Python


• You have solid knowledge of data structures, object-oriented programming and software engineering principles


• You are thorough and pay attention to detail


• Publications in top academic conferences are a plus


• Experience in GPU programming with OpenGL (ES), Metal or Vulcan is a plus

Who We Are

Scandit is a high-growth tech startup from Switzerland with offices in Zurich, San Francisco, Boston, Warsaw and London.

We help businesses augment the physical world with relevant digital information in real time. We enable Internet of Things applications and have companies such as NASA, DHL or Macy’s among our customers.

Engineering culture is really the DNA of Scandit, with all three founders having a PhD in computer science and the company being a spin-off of ETH Zurich. We have bi-weekly tech talks, enjoy flat hierarchies and share a passion for high-quality in everything we do.

What We Offer

• A highly skilled team and a fun environment where you can put your enthusiasm for computer vision challenges and cutting-edge technologies to use


• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to travel


• A highly skilled and helpful team of international researchers, scientists and engineers to work with


• Hackathons, Christmas fondue parties, company outings and other regular events


• A lab with state-of-the-art hardware (such as a UR robot, Microsoft Hololens, Vuzix, Google Glass, etc.)


• Phantom stock option plan to participate in the success of our startup