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Odyssey · 1 month ago

Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general-purpose world models that will power the next generation of gaming, education, and more. They are seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineer to build and scale systems for interactive video models, collaborate with researchers, and integrate models into user experiences.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Graphic DesignVirtual Reality

Responsibilities

Build and scale the training and inference systems that power Odyssey’s interactive video models, from large-scale distributed pipelines to real-time serving and optimization

Work shoulder-to-shoulder with researchers to prototype new architectures, diagnose and improve model behavior, and bring ideas from paper to production

Design high-performance data and compute systems for video generation and control, ensuring rapid iteration and efficient use of large-scale resources

Develop tools, metrics, and visualizations that help the team understand how models behave and evolve over time

Collaborate closely with product engineers to integrate Odyssey’s models into live, interactive user experiences that showcase new forms of generative media

Move fast and iterate often. You’ll be part of a small, focused team where experiments become demos, and demos become products

Contribute to shaping Odyssey’s engineering culture: pragmatic, fast-moving, research-driven, and always oriented toward what’s possible next

Qualification

Large-scale machine learningDistributed trainingPerformance optimizationModel deploymentVideo generation systemsDataCompute systemsExperimentationCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

A staff-level or senior engineer with experience in large-scale machine learning systems, distributed training, performance optimization, or model deployment

Deeply technical and hands-on: you find energy in writing code, optimizing kernels, and making systems faster, more reliable, and more elegant

Motivated by bridging research and product. You care as much about experimentation and insight as about performance and polish

Comfortable operating in areas without precedent, creating tools, frameworks, and patterns as you go

Thrives in small, collaborative teams where autonomy, clarity, and speed matter

Passionate about building the next generation of generative and interactive media. You are excited to help define how people create, play, and communicate through AI video