AI Backend Engineer

Introduction about EARTHBRAIN

EARTHBRAIN is a strategic startup that spun out of Komatsu Ltd. Komatsu is the world's second-largest multinational construction equipment manufacturer and is responsible for the development, marketing, and distribution of Smart Construction.

We are excited to bring Smart Construction solutions and services to the North American market. Smart Construction has already deployed at over 15,000 job sites across Japan and is used in over 27 countries around the world.

EARTHBRAIN’s mission is to digitally transform the job site using Smart Construction technology to streamline the construction process through automation and provide earthmoving contractors increased collaboration, efficiency, productivity, and safety.

What we do:

Using Smart Construction, we’re able to extract previously untapped value with our revolutionary digital transformation solutions and services. It's time to start working smarter, not harder.

• We create a digital twin to visualize the jobsite;
• We run multiple simulations to create the optimal workplan;
• We guide and/or control equipment and resources based on the digital workplan;
• We monitor jobsite progress remotely and digitally;
• We continue to further optimize the workplan based on jobsite progress and remove future issues;

Introduction about the role

To support its mission, EARTHBRAIN aims to expand its capabilities in the field of Artificial Intelligence, leveraging the most recent advancements in the field to further improve its products and services. 

You will be joining EARTHBRAIN’s rapidly growing AI division, part of the Data Value Creation Group. The group analyzes EARTHBRAIN’s challenges, identifies novel, innovative methods to leverage data to tackle them. The team conducts research, development and implementation both in-house as well as with our external partners, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the construction industry.

Position details:

• Help identify the technical challenges in areas related to Smart Construction in EARTHBRAIN’s operations and the operations of our clients.
• Help turn research prototypes into production-ready systems that can operate reliably in real-world situations
• Design and implement scalable APIs and services for AI model deployment
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for ML models
• Develop and optimize infrastructure for model serving and monitoring
• Build systems to integrate various data sources and AI components
• Implement robust error handling and monitoring solutions
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the AI team, as well as other teams and departments within the company, to identify, propose, explore and create ways to tackle the challenges using AI, ML or optimization algorithms as per your professional expertise.

Mandatory requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Strong programming skills in Python, and strong knowledge of good coding practices
• Practical experience turning research, OS/OW, or other PoC models into usable APIs
• Actual interest in AI and proactive desire to learn more
• Technical communication skills in English.

Nice to have:

• Strong programming skills in other languages (C++, C#, Rust, other)
• Experience with web frameworks (i.e. FastAPI, Flask, or Django)
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices
• Basic understanding of ML/AI concepts and model serving requirements
• Experience with MLOps tools (i.e. MLflow, Kubeflow, or similar)
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (i.e. Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience with real-time data processing and streaming (i.e. Kafka, Redis)
• Familiarity with IoT systems and edge deployment
• Experience with GPU infrastructure management
• Experience with civil engineering
• Knowledge of Japanese language

The type of person we are looking for:

• Interested in solving social issues.
• Intellectually curious and eager to learn new technologies.
• Interested in undertaking grand challenges, able to change the concept of the industry itself.
• Interested in being deeply involved in applying AI to create value in Japan and the wider world.
• Internationally oriented
• Interested in Japan and living in/around Tokyo