Owl.co empowers insurers to combat illegitimate claims on a large scale while eliminating human bias from the process. Our clients are top insurance companies across North America, achieving remarkable results through our AI-powered, evidence-based platform. We are on a mission to integrate state-of-the-art ML and NLP methods to transform this traditionally manual activity into a fair process. We are well-funded and have engineering offices in New York City, Toronto, and Vancouver.

In this position, you'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize systems that are reshaping how insurers detect and handle illegitimate claims.

This role is on-site in our Yaletown, Vancouver office.

Responsibilities:

• Develop algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies.
• Train, evaluate and deploy DL models that enable Owl products.
• Conduct and collaborate on research projects that advance product capabilities.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field.
• PhD in computer vision and/or machine learning or related areas.
• 2+ years of industry, academic, or government lab experience in computer vision and/or machine learning.
• Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and diverse points of view to determine a path forward.
• Experience in utilizing Generative AI technology and model finetuning (instruct tuning, SFT, RLHF, etc.).
• Experience communicating research for public audiences or peers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• First-authored publications at peer-reviewed conferences (e.g. CVPR. ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, and SIGGRAPH).
• 4+ year(s) of work experience in an industry, university, or government lab.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits: we cover 100% of the premiums for you and 70% for your family (medical, dental & vision) 🩺
• RRSP matching to help you save for your future 💰
• Recharge: 4 weeks of vacation & 5 additional personal/sick days ⛱️
• Wellness stipend: monthly allowance toward your fitness expenses, favourite activities, or professional development 💪🏼
• Daily team lunches 🥑
• Bi-annual offsites: we'll make sure everyone at Owl has an opportunity to can hang out with teammates IRL at least twice a year 🚀

Salary Range: $150,000 - $230,000

Our salary ranges are benchmarked and are determined by role and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all locations and could be higher or lower based on a multitude of factors, including job-related skills, experience, location, and relevant education or training.

Join us at Owl.co and be part of a dynamic team driving innovation in the insurance industry. If you're passionate about leveraging AI to tackle real-world challenges and eager to make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you.