Data Team Lead

Oakwell Hampton Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Founding team

Job summary

Oakwell Hampton Group in Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY is building a stealth AI lab and seeks a Founding Engineer to own the multimodal data pipeline end-to-end, from sourcing to dataset preparation for SOTA model training.

You will lead data strategy, collaborate with AI researchers, and shape data quality standards while gaining significant equity and a core founding role.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Generative AI and creative tech experience.
• Proven data pipeline mastery from raw inputs to training-ready datasets.
• Strong analytical and statistical foundation with model impact focus.
• Leadership with high autonomy in a fast-paced startup.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data pipeline from acquisition to dataset compilation.
• Drive multimodal data discovery across text, image, and video.
• Collaborate with researchers to diagnose model outputs and design targeted datasets.
• Establish rigorous labeling and evaluation processes for expert-judged quality.

Skills

Generative AI

Data pipelines

Analytics & statistics

Leadership

Job description

Location: Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY (100% In-Person)

Seniority Level: Lead / Founding Level

Industry: Artificial Intelligence / Creative Tech / Machine Learning

Company Stage: Stealth / Rapid Scaling (Targeting Series A)

About the Opportunity

We are an stealth AI research lab teaching machines to be genuinely creative. Founded by a top-tier team of startup-minded engineers and researchers, we have built proprietary, state-of-the-art (SOTA) generative models across text, image, and video functions, heading toward our private beta release this Fall.

As we scale our physical lab in Dumbo, Brooklyn, we are seeking a Founding Engineer to take complete ownership of our multimodal data pipeline end-to-end.

In Generative AI, a model is only as good as the data it learns from. In this role, you won't just build pipelines - you will define how creative data is sourced, structured, and evaluated at the highest elvel.

The Mission

• End-to-End Ownership: Architect, scale, and optimize the complete data pipeline—from acquisition and annotation to storage, analysis, and dataset compilation for SOTA model training
• Multimodal Strategy: Drive data discovery across text, images, and video to unlock novel creative capabilities
• Model-Data Diagnostics: Work closely with AI researchers to analyze model outputs, identify missing capabilities, and design targeted datasets to close performance gaps
• Expert-Level Data Quality: Establish rigorous labeling and evaluation processes that capture how human experts in creative fields judge world-class work.

What We Are Looking For

• Generative AI & Creative Tech Experience: Hands-on experience working with data in generative models or creative domains. A genuine intuition for creative data is essential for this role
• Data Pipeline Mastery: Proven track record of building, scaling, and operating data pipelines from raw, unstructured inputs to training-ready datasets across multimodal formats (text, image, video
• Strong Analytical & Statistical Foundation: Deep expertise in statistical analysis to evaluate data composition and quantify its direct impact on model performance
• Leadership & Ownership: A history of leading data strategy, setting technical direction, and executing with high autonomy in fast-paced startup environment

Why Join Us?

• Ground-Floor Impact: Join as a core member of the founding technical team with significant equity and strategic influence
• Cutting-Edge Tech: Work directly with proprietary SOTA creative AI models ahead of public launch
• Collaborative Lab Environment: Build side-by-side with world-class engineers and researchers in our state-of-the-art physical space in Dumbo.