Become the A.I Lead and co-founder of a fast growing start-up
Draagu is a fast growing tech start-up based in Barcelona, Spain.
We are on a mission to create value with the billions images tapped in smartphones using Artificial Intelligence on-device.
We are looking for an A.I expert to join the management team as a cofounder (with salary + equity) before the summer
Draagu team gathers professional photographer, top level developers,
Marketing growth hackers and in App A.I models experts among others,
supported by top notch advisors.
In 10 months, we gathered a worldwide community of 40K. mobile App
users, with 10M. images accessible and aiming at 100M. images in 2019 (
50% of Shutterstock base);
We are NUMA accelerated, TechCrunch pitch winner at World Mobile
Congress 2017, were selected for Google for Entrepreneur A.I program and
just closed a Seed Round of 400K€
WE OFFER
Draagu is the opportunity for you to embody your vision of Image
recognition best potential applications into a real, widespread,
successful product.
Our 400K€ Seed round, soon completed by public loans, gives us a 16 months runway at least.
That will allow you, with us, to imagine innovative ways of using
A.I to create value with smartphone images; test and implement latest
neural networks solutions or ways to create/use qualitative photo
dataset; onboard more efficient in-App image recognition solutions, to
find relevant images, rate them, sell them : bring them back to life in
one word !
You will be supported by an international talented team, in a project
that demonstrated traction and with the possibility to measure impact
on a large crowd of App users worldwide and several large European
Corporate we are already in discussion with
As a cofounder, this company will be yours and you will represent
it; you will take part in strategic decisions (A.I, HR, Tech…) and will
have full autonomy to design, execute, assess needed A.I actions. You
will receive a competitive salary and will be the 2nd equity holder in
the Cap Table of the company, valued at 1,5M€ 10 months only after
launch.
WE WANT
We are looking for a Computer vision and Neural Network specialist
to act as a cofounder: help us identify business A.I opportunities image
related (vision of the sector); define and execute our A.I Roadmap,
mixing quick wins and long term cluster (hands on); gather around you a
team of A players in A.I field (management).
Draagu has started using pre-trained Neural network (TFL) and on
boarded it in an App that notify users whenever we detect they shot an
image that can be sold. Disrupting image stock industry is on the way,
and we have great traction. But we want more.
We feel there is a lot to be done using A.I on-device for image
recognition: crowdsourcing smartphone photos to create images dataset to
democratize A.I models training; easing retrieval of image
authorization through blockchain are other applicable models to our
approach.
You have the needed skills to take that challenge:
· Strong experience with Deep Learning modeling platform (TF, CoreML, Caffee…); use of libraries alone is not enough.
· Strong quantitative skills and knowledge of algorithms/data structures
· Vision of the ML trends; will + ability to design and test new ML technics
· Structured, team driven, capacity to prototype in light feedback loop, leader ability
· Entrepreneurial mindset
Nice to have : Experience with mobile deployment of Deep Learning
models; GPU Deployment (server o device); Participation in Kaggle
competitions; You have a Master or PhD in Statistics, applied Math,
computer Science/machine learning
WHERE WE ARE
Draagu is based in Barcelona city center. 10 minutes from FGC
Provenza train station, and 15 minutes to the beach and the sea. Our
offices are large and cozy.
WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY ?
· Become a cofounder and A.I leader of a fast growing Barcelona based start-up
· Opportunity and finance to design, test innovative image recognition applications
· Perform on-device A.I with an App used by over 30K users worldwide (and growing)
· Entrepreneur culture based on trust, talent and accountability
· Work in Barcelona City center, 15 min. from the beach, 2 hours from the snow
MEET YOUR FUTURE COLLEAGUES
Joan (CEO) : Engineering background; World Press Photo winner photographer; launched 2 companies already
Akash (Marketing): Experience as Head of Marketing and Growth Hacker in Spain & India for 4+ years
Javier (Lead Dev.): 8 years experience as software developer and solution architect in large corporate and start-ups
Carlos (Mobile A.I): 5 years experience onboarding A.I in mobile Apps in Top Computer Vision; Backend developpeur
Advisors:
Alain Pagani Deputy director of DFKI, Top German AI lab
Fran Arechaga: Founder of Nubelo, #1 Spain freelance platform