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AI Research Scientist -Computer Vision

MeltPlan | Planning Engine for the Built Environment

MeltPlan is building the “planning engine” for the $14 Tn construction industry, an AI system designed specifically to optimize decisions before construction begins. While design software optimizes use and aesthetics and construction software optimizes execution and control, MeltPlan is building the missing layer - software that optimizes decisions and tradeoffs upstream, before scope is locked, procurement begins, and change orders become inevitable. MeltPlan’s long-term goal is to help teams make construction “boring” by making planning more intense: surfacing constraints and tradeoffs early, aligning stakeholders before plans are frozen, and reducing the need for late-stage redlines, rework, and change orders.

MeltPlan is founded by operators who have built at scale. Kanav previously co-founded Innovaccer, a $3Bn healthtech company focused on making US healthcare more affordable and accessible. He’s now applying that systems-level thinking to construction.He’s joined by Tanmaya Kala, former Project Executive at DPR Construction, who led large commercial, healthcare, and life sciences projects. We combine deep tech scale with real construction execution.

What This Role Really Is

We are looking for an AI Research Scientist – Computer Vision to enhance and manage the PlanGraph model, which transforms 2D drawings into structured graphical representations of building elements. The role involves solving downstream business use cases such as quantity takeoff, code compliance, value engineering, and constructability analysis.We are specifically looking for hands-on researchers with experience in solving real-world Computer Vision problems and building custom vision models, VLMs, or VLLMs for production-grade applications.

What You’ll Do

• Build and optimize custom Computer Vision models, VLMs, and VLLMs for construction intelligence workflows.
• Solve downstream business use cases including quantity takeoff, code compliance, value engineering, and constructability analysis.
• Conduct applied research in Computer Vision, multimodal AI, document understanding, and spatial reasoning.
• Design, train, fine-tune, and evaluate production-grade AI models using large-scale datasets.
• Improve model accuracy, robustness, inference performance, and scalability for real-world deployment.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to convert research into deployable AI systems.
• Develop benchmarking, evaluation, and validation frameworks for model performance measurement.
• Stay updated with state-of-the-art research in Computer Vision, Vision Transformers, multimodal AI, and Generative AI.
• Contribute to research documentation, patents, publications, and internal technical knowledge sharing.
• Work on real-world construction datasets, drawings, and complex edge-case problem solving.
• Drive innovation in AI systems that improve planning, decision-making, and operational efficiency in construction workflows.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong foundation in Computer Vision, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning.
• Hands-on experience building and training custom Computer Vision models.
• Proficiency in Python and frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and OpenCV.
• Experience working with image processing, object detection, segmentation, OCR, or multimodal AI systems.
• Understanding of Vision Language Models (VLMs), Vision Transformers (ViTs), or Generative AI concepts.
• Ability to train, fine-tune, and optimize AI models for production environments.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience reading and implementing research papers into practical applications.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field.

Bonus if you’ve:

• Built multi-step agent systems
• Prior experience in applied AI research within startup or product-focused environments.
• Exposure to MLOps, model deployment, and production AI systems.
• Worked in messy real-world data environments

We’re not looking for someone who waits for clean requirements.We’re looking for someone who thrives in the mess and turns it into systems.

Why meltplan

• Massive industry, real-world impact
• High ownership from day one
• Small team, zero bureaucracy
• Competitive comp + meaningful equity

Role Overview:

We are seeking skilled Backend Developers to design, build, and maintain efficient, scalable, and secure server-side logic and services. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python, Flask, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with experience building APIs, handling databases, and integrating cloud services in production environments.

Required Experience: 4+ Years

Location: Chennai, Open for remote for strong candidates

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with project teams to understand business requirements and develop efficient, high-quality code.
• Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications using frameworks such as Flask, or FastAPI.
• Integrate multiple data sources and databases into a unified system while ensuring seamless data storage and third-party library/package integration.
• Create scalable and optimized database schemas to support complex business logic and manage large volumes of data.
• Conduct thorough testing using pytest and unittest, debugging applications to ensure they run smoothly.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as a Python developer with strong communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• In-depth knowledge of Python frameworks such as Flask, or FastAPI.
• Strong expertise in cloud technologies, GCP preferred.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, multi-tenant architecture, and best practices in Python development.
• Familiarity with serverless architecture and frameworks like GCP Cloud Functions.
• Experience with deployment using Docker, Nginx, Gunicorn.
• Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL and Firebase.
• Proficiency with Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) like SQLAlchemy.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple API integrations and write modular, reusable code.
• Strong knowledge of user authentication and authorization mechanisms across multiple systems and environments.
• Familiarity with scalable application design principles and event-driven programming in Python.
• Solid experience in unit testing, debugging, and code optimization.
• Hands-on experience with modern software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Experience with version control system.

Driving Results:

• A good single contributor and a good team player.
• Flexible attitude towards work, as per the needs.
• Proactively identify & communicate issues and risks.

Other Personal Characteristics:

• Dynamic, engaging, self-reliant developer 
• Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Manage a collaborative and analytical approach
• Self-confident and humble
• Open to continuous learning 
• Intelligent, rigorous thinker who can operate successfully amongst bright people

We are Urgently Hiring for Senior Software Engineer( Dot Net Developer )

Skills Required :

 BS degree in Computer Science, or Math or Engineering or equivalent

 At least 5 years of application development experience in C#, http://asp.net/" target="_blank">ASP.Net and SQL Server.

 Demonstrated ability to write SQL queries and use of Microsoft SQL Server database tables and

connectivity.

 A strong background in programming

 Must be proficient in the following languages and technologies

o .NET

o C#, http://asp.net/" target="_blank">ASP.Net, MVC

o SQL Server 2016

o JavaScript, jQuery

o .NET Core

 Experience with JIRA

 Familiarity with design patterns

 Work experience in Agile development methodology

 Strong communication and collaboration skills

 Detail-orientated, “get it done” attitude and proactivity

 Willingness to have fun and work as part of an international and diverse team

• Design, implement, and maintain API-based applications and REST services.
• Proficiency with Node JS.
• Must have experience in cloud services Azure Cloud/AWS.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Develop high-quality, efficient, and scalable code.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and SCRUM framework Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Provide technical support during implementation efforts, working with technical team members and with business users as required to provide troubleshooting and solutions to technical issues.

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watchers performing arts. We are currently in stealth mode with a target public launch date in April. Our launch services consist of technology enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities and social media broadcasting & competitions.

Founder & Team

The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consist of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

Background

• At least 1+ years’ experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python & Django Framework
• Deep understanding of technologies used in web-deployed SaaS products, including Rest APIs
• Exposure to AWS, Azure or other cloud providers

Opportunity

We will share our workload as a team and we expect you to work on a broad range of tasks. Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

• Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product
• Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs
• Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product
• Build POCs for client deployments
• Document your code, write test cases, etc.

Skills

• Hands-on experience with Python (1+ years)
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps
• Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms

• Getting things done as per the requirement of the team
• Coordinating with different stakeholders and ensuring timely delivery of curriculum deliverables
• Organizing, modifying and updating existing workflows
• Setting up and fixing operational processes which are not functional
• Ensuring quality assurance is in place for all deliverables

Desired Candidate Profile

• Operational experience in any industries (Preferably start-ups)
• Strong Academic background (Mass communication/Lit/Mass media/Journalism)
• 1-2 years of experience
• Strong sense of ownership for work
• Innovative Mindset
• Flexibility, perseverance, empathy and being graceful under pressure are important attributes to have/ develop

We are looking for a competent Executive Secretary to manage the Chairman’s office. You will be the one to organize and maintain his schedule and assist them by performing a variety of administrative tasks.

Executive secretaries must be quick professionals with great time-management and multitasking abilities. It is with their diligence and competence in their work that executives can focus on their managerial responsibilities without worrying for other tasks.

The goal is to contribute to the efficiency of the overall business by ensuring all assigned administrative duties are carried on timely and efficiently.

• Maintain executive’s agenda and assist in planning appointments, board meetings, conferences etc.
• Attend meetings and keep minutes
• Track the minutes and ensure that commitments made are kept up.
• Coordinate and ensure that all MIS  reaches the Chairman’s office in time.
• Receive and screen phone calls and redirect them when appropriate
• Handle and prioritize all outgoing or incoming correspondence (e-mail, letters, packages etc.)
• Make travel arrangements for executives
• Handle confidential documents ensuring they remain secure
• Prepare invoices or financial statements and provide assistance in bookkeeping
• Monitor office supplies and negotiate terms with suppliers to ensure the most cost-effective orders
• Maintain electronic and paper records ensuring information is organized and easily accessible
• Conduct research and prepare presentations or reports as assigned

• Proven experience as executive secretary or similar administrative role
• Proficient in MS Office and PC /Laptop handling
• In depth knowledge of office management including filing.
• Familiarity with basic research methods and reporting techniques
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Outstanding communication and negotiation abilities
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Degree in business administration or relative field preferred

Company Profile:  

"Founded in 2012, Pay1 empowers neighbourhood retail businesses & micro-entrepreneurs by adding revenues streams and providing them access to new products, credit and technology. With a network of 300k+ merchants spread across 350+ cities in India, Pay1 is at the forefront of combining retail, finance, travel and consumer technology to create an integrated business ecosystem unique to the Indian markets. 

The platform has a wide array of distinguished services such as Digital Payments, Banking Services, Travel Booking Services, Financial services (MFs. Insurance, loans, gold investments), Remittances, Recharges, Bill Payments, B2B commerce and many more. The diverse selections of services provide our merchant network with immense growth opportunities that have been previously unexplored in the Indian retail scenario."

Job Description:

• Establish strategic tie ups with the large & medium size merchant aggregators for the enablement of Digital Lending services offered.
• Create value proposition, pitch presentation and designing SLA for business partnerships
• On boarding new partners and be an interface between internal teams and partner for system and process support
• Commercial and Contract Negotiations with prospective business partners and structuring financial proposals with best-value proposition
• Key Account Management with Merchant Aggregators for New Business Opportunities / Enhancements
• Suggest measures / solutions for tapping opportunities like product customization/ innovation.
• Keep abreast of the Digital Lending landscape, competitors and business needs.
• Issue resolution in relation to Digital Lending product related issues with Partners