VP, ML Platform & Compute Infrastructure

Odyssey; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Odyssey is seeking a senior leader to own the roadmap for the ML platform, spanning data, evaluation, and compute infrastructure. You will align platform work with research velocity and report to the CTO.

You will scale the engineering organization across multiple teams and locations, partner with Research and Applied ML, and make prioritization calls between researchers, leadership and product while staying close to the code.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience with deep expertise in data, evaluation, and compute infrastructure.
• Experience in an ML systems org and firsthand understanding of what slows ML development.
• Led engineering groups of 20+ across multiple teams and locations.
• Based in Palo Alto or London, in office 3+ days a week, ideally full time.
• Energized by working in a fast-paced startup environment and by the mission and platform.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap and vision for the ML platform across data, evaluation, and compute topics.
• Build and scale the engineering group, across multiple teams and locations
• Partner closely with the Research team, Applied ML team, and other technical leaders so platform work stays tied to research velocity
• Make the prioritization calls between researchers, leadership and product
• Stay close enough to the technical details to drive product vision and get hands on with the code when needed

Skills

ML systems

Data platforms

Evaluation infra

Leadership

Distributed teams

Job description

Odyssey is seeking a senior leader to own the roadmap for the ML platform, spanning data, evaluation, and compute infrastructure. You will align platform work with research velocity and report to the CTO.

You will scale the engineering organization across multiple teams and locations, partner with Research and Applied ML, and make prioritization calls between researchers, leadership and product while staying close to the code.