Ben S.
Senior Software Enigneer | Computer Vision | AI/ML Specialist
𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 designing, optimizing, and deploying production-grade 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐀𝐈/𝐌𝐋 systems for startups, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟓𝟎𝟎 companies, and research labs. I help organizations transform raw visual data into real business impact by building intelligent perception systems powered by 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈, and 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: I specialize in the full end-to-end 𝐌𝐋 lifecycle — from problem framing and data pipeline design to model architecture, large-scale training, optimization, 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, and monitoring. I have successfully shipped production systems handling millions of inferences per day across cloud, edge, and embedded environments using modern stacks including 𝐏𝐲𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐘𝐎𝐋𝐎, 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐑𝐓, and 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞: - 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈 and 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 (𝐕𝐋𝐌𝐬) - Real-time 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, Segmentation and Tracking - 𝟑𝐃 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and Depth Perception - 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐈 - 𝐌𝐋𝐎𝐩𝐬 and Scalable Production Pipelines - Vision Integration with 𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐬 and Agentic Systems - High-performance 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (Cloud, Edge and Embedded) 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝: - Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Perception) - Medical Imaging and Diagnostic 𝐀𝐈 - Manufacturing Quality Inspection and Automation - Retail Analytics and Smart Checkout - Surveillance, Security and 𝐀𝐍𝐏𝐑 - Sports Analytics and Video Understanding - Document 𝐀𝐈 and 𝐎𝐂𝐑 - Multimodal Generative 𝐀𝐈 and 𝐑𝐀𝐆 Systems 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐞: - Senior-level architecture and strategic decision-making - Strong focus on production outcomes — latency, cost, scalability, reliability, and maintainability - Clear communication with honest scoping and regular progress updates - I optimize for real business value, not just model accuracy - Flexible delivery: Technical Lead, Embedded Engineer, or Hands-on Implementer Whether you need a rapid proof-of-concept, performance optimization of existing models, integration of Vision Language Models, advanced 𝟑𝐃 Computer Vision systems, or full-scale Model Deployment — I can deliver results quickly and efficiently. --- 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 Full-time Roles | Contract | Consulting | Fractional Lead --- 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲? I'm happy to schedule a free 𝟑𝟎-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 scoping call with no commitment. ---
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $5.3k
Billed in all: $12,673$13k
$5.3k in the last 6 months
Across 2 contracts
Across 3 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
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