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# Data Engineer / ML Ops at VC-backed multimodal AI startup

- **Company:** Jack & Jill, Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Data Infrastructure, Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Large Language Models, Data Strategy, Machine Learning Operations, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pdl3w2869n

## About the Role

* Expert proficiency in Python, SQL, and building large-scale data processing systems in a production environment.
 * Proven experience working with LLMs and managing complex multimodal data challenges like video and audio.
 * A startup builder mentality with extreme ownership and the ability to define standards in new problem spaces.

## Description

As the first dedicated data hire, you will architect the end-to-end data strategy for a platform creating authentic, real-time AI humans. You will build massive pipelines for multimodal datasets-including video, audio, and text-powering proprietary models at the frontier of AI research. This is a foundational role defining best practices., * Own the entire data strategy and infrastructure from scratch for a pioneering multimodal AI platform.

 * Join a well-funded, Series B backed startup supported by some of the world's leading venture firms.
 * Work directly with founders on complex problems with no established playbook at the intersection of video and AI.

What You Will Do

 * Source, curate, and structure large-scale multimodal datasets (video, audio, and text) for proprietary model training.
 * Architect and optimize high-performance data pipelines and automated labeling workflows to scale ML production.
 * Define engineering best practices and proactively build the data foundation that powers next-generation conversational AI.


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