# Software Engineer, AI/Computer Vision at Mill

- Company: Mill
- What the company does: Mill is the smartest device in your kitchen. Mill turns would-be food waste into resources for the Earth. Keep filling it for weeks. Backed by GV.
- Company website: https://www.mill.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Bruno, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mill/jobs/4723231005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mill-software-engineer-ai-computer-vision/

## About the role

We're hiring a Computer Vision Engineer to work on the CV technology behind Mill Commercial — the computer vision and agentic systems that turn a stream of food waste into operational intelligence for commercial kitchens. Mill Commercial integrates a camera into our high-capacity food recycler; models identify and quantify food scraps, and our pipeline turns that signal into procurement and operational guidance for large food service operators.

## What they're looking for

- Strong fundamentals in computer vision and deep learning — segmentation, detection, classification, tracking — deep enough to make informed architecture calls
- Experience evaluating ML models rigorously — designing metrics, building eval harnesses, and using results to drive product decisions rather than just publish a number
- Product shipping experience — you've taken a model to production and dealt with what comes after (drift, edge cases, latency budgets), not just to a benchmark
- Bias for action — you'd rather ship a good-enough experiment and learn from it than wait for the perfect plan
- Experience making build-vs-buy or tooling decisions backed by data or a clear rubric, not just instinct — you can show your work on how you got there
- Clear, direct communication — you can explain tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders, push back honestly when you disagree, and write docs that others can follow

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