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VP, Engineering

Odyssey· Engineering
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Palo Alto, LondonFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead the ML platform and infrastructure group, spanning data platform, evaluation systems and tooling, and compute. Partner with founders and stakeholders, report to CTO, and drive platform roadmaps, team growth, and alignment with research velocity in a fast-paced startup.

Responsibilities

  • Own the roadmap and vision for the ML platform across data, evaluation, and compute topics. This consists of software systems, tooling, and infrastructure.
  • 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

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of engineering experience with deep expertise in data, evaluation, and compute infrastructure.
  • You've worked in an ML systems org and know first-hand what slows ML development down.
  • You've led engineering groups of 20 or more 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 company, the mission and platform

Skills

Required:Roadmap planning and strategic leadershipPeople leadership and team building
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Odyssey

Odyssey is an AI lab focused on general-purpose world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to predict and interact with the world over long horizons

Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general-purpose world models—a new form of multimodal intelligence.

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