Shuhei Goda

Career Background

At my previous job, I was at Wantedly, Inc., which operates the business social networking service Wantedly.

I joined as a data scientist and was responsible for developing the recommendation system for the company visit service ‘Wantedly Visit.’ In the latter half, I also served as team lead, PdM, and tech lead, consistently leading product development from planning through implementation and improvement.

I felt a strong sense of fulfillment working on a product where ML delivered essential value and where ML improvements could significantly amplify business impact.

Why I Joined Turing

Through my development experience at my previous job, my desire to work more deeply on ML models grew stronger. Against the backdrop of the rise of generative AI, I sensed a trend from ‘web to physical world’ and the desire to take on the more challenging AI of the physical world became a major catalyst for considering a career change.

Among the options, I was strongly attracted to Turing for tackling development that moves hardware with AI and for pursuing such a grand mission. I had concerns about balancing work and family, but learning through a trial work period during the hiring process that the environment supports flexible working styles was also a significant factor.

What I Do

Improving model architecture and training methods
E2E model performance evaluation
Issue analysis based on experimental results and formulating improvement strategies
Maintaining ML pipelines

What Makes My Work Rewarding

An environment where you can give your all to extremely complex challenges
Being able to actually move hardware using ML models I built myself
Building models using unprecedented volumes of data and GPU resources

About the Work Environment at Turing

Many highly skilled and specialized members are on the team
With well-equipped automotive testing environments, the ability to rapidly iterate on real-vehicle verification is a major attraction
Abundant GPU resources allow high freedom in pursuing ML initiatives you want to tackle

Who Thrives at Turing

People who can persevere through gritty trial and error
People who enjoy deeply concentrating on challenges
People who enjoy new challenges and change

For Those Considering Turing

Turing is an extremely stimulating technical environment taking on the uncharted territory of fully autonomous driving. I feel that the experience of ‘AI development in the physical world’ is a major appeal that is hard to find elsewhere.

I want to work with people who can positively enjoy gritty trial and error. There are few cases where challenges are clearly laid out — you need an attitude of defining problems yourself, forming hypotheses, and steadily accumulating improvements. Because it is a domain with no right answers, there is the excitement of forging your own path.