Data Engineer

Carrerlift; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Odyssey is hiring Data Engineers to support the development of general‑purpose world models. You will own multimodal data used in research and model development, and work directly with researchers to translate complex model requirements into higher‑quality data for training and experimentation.

The role involves contributing to data workflows and systems that enable research progress, with a focus on real‑time interactive simulations and long—horizons of learning.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of multimodal data used in Odyssey's research and model development.
• Work directly with researchers to understand model requirements.
• Translate those requirements into better data for training and experimentation.
• Help improve how data supports frontier world‑model research.
• Contribute to the systems and workflows that make research progress possible.

Job description

About the role

• Odyssey is hiring Data Engineers to support the development of general‑purpose world models.
• The company works on systems that learn from the world and simulate it interactively in real time over long horizons.
• Data engineering is closely connected to the needs of the research team.

What you'll work on

• Take ownership of multimodal data used in Odyssey's research and model development.
• Work directly with researchers to understand model requirements.
• Translate those requirements into better data for training and experimentation.
• Help improve how data supports frontier world‑model research.
• Contribute to the systems and workflows that make research progress possible.

About the environment

• Odyssey operates as a small, focused AI lab.
• The team has access to significant compute.
• Research and product development are closely integrated.
• The company sees world models as a major frontier for AI research and product development.

Locations

• Roles are available in Palo Alto.
• London and Zurich are also listed as hiring locations.