Odyssey jobs

Member of Technical Staff, Research at Odyssey – research-focused role on advancing world models, video generation, and multimodal learning through new architectures and training paradigms. Requires deep generative modeling expertise and ability to move from hypothesis to prototype. Remote option available but location primary offices are Palo Alto and London; no explicit US remote confirmation.

Member of Operations Staff, Strategic Finance role at Odyssey (10-100 employees, AI sector) based in Palo Alto, CA. Senior-level position focused on strategic finance functions within the operations organization.

Odyssey, a GovTech platform that powers Education Savings Account programs for states, is hiring an Implementation Manager to own customer deployment outcomes across their expanding portfolio. Reporting to internal leadership, you'll embed with state agency customers from contract kick-off through go-live and beyond, ensuring contractual milestones are met, technical solutions are deployed, and long-term adoption drives renewal decisions. The role requires 5+ years of implementation or customer success experience with hands-on technology deployment, ability to manage complex 6+ month implementation cycles, strong technical acumen (including SQL, APIs, webhooks), and skills translating between non-technical state stakeholders and internal engineering/product teams. Odyssey operates ESA programs across 6 states serving 200,000+ students and $1B+ in funding, backed by a16z and Tusk Venture Partners, with salary ranging $130–$160K plus full benefits. Government agency experience is a strong plus, and the role thrives in early-stage startup ambiguity where you own problems end-to-end rather than handing off.

Payments Analyst at Odyssey (New York, NY / Remote, US) owns end-to-end payment operations for ESA program platforms, handling problem resolution, financial reporting, and process improvement across state programs. Reports to CFO. Salary: $65k–$85k/year. Role focuses on financial operations, reconciliation, and payments infrastructure management rather than software engineering.

Head of Product at Odyssey, an AI lab building general world models. The role owns product roadmap across research, platform, and developer experience, translating research and user signals into product priorities and execution. Located in Palo Alto, full-time, requires product judgment, cross-functional leadership, and comfort with frontier research and ambiguity.

Data Program Manager at Odyssey, an AI research lab building world models. The role owns the data acquisition roadmap, manages vendor relationships and data contractors, prioritizes research requests into execution plans, tracks data quality metrics, and embeds with research teams to identify data risks early. Requires 5+ years of program/product management with 2+ years in AI/ML, SQL literacy, and data analysis skills. Remote-eligible (Palo Alto/London offices); compensation not disclosed.

Controller at Odyssey is a finance and accounting leadership role responsible for scaling the accounting function as a GovTech/EdTech fintech company grows. Responsibilities include financial planning, accounting operations, forecasting, compliance, and partnering with the business on financial strategy. Requires strong public accounting foundation and high-growth company experience; remote-eligible, based in New York, NY, with salary $185k–$225k.

Odyssey, a GovTech platform that partners with states to operate Education Savings Account (ESA) programs, is hiring a Full Stack Engineer to build core technology powering their education funding and marketplace systems. You'll own features end-to-end across TypeScript, AWS Lambda, Next.js, and databases, architecting scalable solutions for eligibility systems, fund ledgers, and vendor marketplaces that serve 200,000+ students and $1B+ in funding. The role requires 3-5+ years of software development experience with strong TypeScript proficiency, a track record shipping 0-1 products in early-stage startups, and comfort working in ambiguity across the full stack. Preferred qualifications include AWS experience, regulated industry background (fintech/govtech/healthtech), and expertise in ledgers or payments systems. The position is hybrid in NYC's Tribeca office, paying $160K–$180K depending on experience, with the key differentiator being ownership of production systems at scale in civic infrastructure that directly impacts K-12 education access.

Product Manager (Senior or Lead) at Odyssey (New York, NY / Remote, US) oversees product strategy for Education Savings Account (ESA) platforms serving state agencies and families. The role drives roadmap, cross-functional alignment, and user experience across two product squads (Parent/School Experience and Payment/Verification). Salary: $160k–$210k/year. Focus is on product leadership rather than individual contributor engineering.

Member of Technical Staff, Infrastructure Engineer at Odyssey – focused on building compute infrastructure, model inference platforms, GPU training clusters, and data processing pipelines (Flyte, Ray, Kubernetes). Requires deep infrastructure/DevOps expertise (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, IaC) and Python/Go programming. On-site in Palo Alto; no remote option stated.

Member of Technical Staff, ML Performance at Odyssey – focused on optimizing world models for real-time inference and distributed training efficiency on GPU clusters. Requires 8+ years ML performance work, PyTorch/Triton proficiency, and NVIDIA GPU expertise. On-site in Palo Alto or London; no remote flexibility indicated.