Job Specifications
Location: Toronto (Hybrid. In office required regularly due to hardware access.)
This is a systems-focused role working on applied computer vision in production environments. The role is open to intermediate and senior engineers, with scope and ownership scaled based on experience.
About Micromart
Micromart is building the platform for unattended retail. We empower entrepreneurs to turn any location into a retail opportunity, from offices and condos to gyms, hotels, and other shared spaces. Our focus is on giving entrepreneurs powerful tools that are simple to use, while delivering a fast, intuitive shopping experience for shoppers.
Often described as Shopify for physical commerce, Micromart provides the infrastructure that powers unattended retail in the real world.
Our Team
Micromart launched just over a year ago and is now used in thousands of locations across North America. We’re a small and growing team working closely across product, platform, and smart store systems, from design through production.
Work here is end to end. That means thinking through problems, making pragmatic tradeoffs, shipping code, and improving systems over time. As we scale, there’s real ownership, real impact, and room to grow.
How You Can Help
As a Software Engineer, Vision & Automation, you’ll help evolve the systems that determine how orders are completed when customers shop at a Micromart smart store.
As Micromart scales, we’re evolving how orders are completed, introducing more automation while maintaining a high bar for accuracy and trust. This role focuses on building the systems that make that possible, balancing efficiency, reliability, and real-world constraints.
This is a systems-focused role at the intersection of software, vision, hardware, and operations. It is not a research role and not focused on training models in isolation. The core challenge is designing reliable decision systems that work in real physical environments.
At Micromart, you will
Design and build interaction-based automation for order completion, grounded in structured product layouts and physical context
Improve operational efficiency through better tooling, video processing, and contextual signals
Build confidence and thresholding logic to decide when automation is appropriate and when to fall back safely
Work primarily in a cloud-first architecture, with selective edge processing for privacy, security, and real-time needs
Collaborate on hardware-related decisions, including camera placement, camera count, and compute tradeoffs
Work hands-on with physical systems and real-world data to understand failure modes and edge cases
Apply vision and automation techniques across system reliability, security, privacy, operational workflows, and in-cabinet experiences
Instrument and measure systems using metrics such as accuracy, efficiency, latency, and automation coverage
Own systems end to end, from design and implementation through deployment and iteration in production
What You Bring To The Team
Strong experience building and owning production software systems
Solid software engineering fundamentals and sound architectural judgment
Comfort working through ambiguity and real-world constraints
Ability to reason across software, data, and physical systems
Experience building computer vision systems using OpenCV
Strong programming experience in at least one systems or scripting language such as Python or C++
Experience iterating on systems based on operational feedback and measured outcomes
A bias toward simplicity, clarity, and long-term maintainability
Willingness to work hands-on with hardware and real-world systems in the office
Nice to have
Experience with video processing or image analysis pipelines
Familiarity with tooling such as ffmpeg or similar media frameworks
Familiarity with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
Experience applying ML models to real-world vision pipelines (training, inference, evaluation, iteration)
Experience with human-in-the-loop or automation systems
Exposure to edge computing, IoT, or hardware-adjacent software
Experience working with cameras, sensors, or real-time event systems
Background in startups or small teams where ownership mattered more than process
Our Values
We’re driven by ambitious, mission-focused thinking and a deep commitment to earning customer trust. We value craftsmanship, simplicity, and quality, and we’re intentional about how we build, the tradeoffs we make, and the problems we choose to solve.
We believe in getting things done thoughtfully, improving continuously, and working closely together to build a great product.
Why Micromart
You’ll work on systems that operate in the real world and matter every day. Your work will directly impact the scalability, reliability, and long-term evolution of unattended retail systems used across thousands of locations.
We believe software should empower people to build real businesses in the physical world. Micromart