Data Engineer

Data Engineer – AILight

AILight is looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to accelerate the development of our computer vision models. You will own the end-to-end process of sourcing, building, and curating high-quality datasets tailored to rapidly evolving research and product needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and build pipelines for collecting and processing large-scale media datasets

Source and curate datasets across diverse scenarios and use cases as product focus evolves

Collaborate closely with the algo team to ensure data quality meets model training requirements

Stay current with academic benchmarks and emerging techniques to anticipate new data needs

Manage dataset versioning, storage, and documentation

Requirements:

3–5 years of experience in data engineering or ML data roles, preferably with video or image data

Strong Python skills and hands-on experience with media processing tools

Experience with large-scale data scraping, filtering, and curation

Ability to read research papers and translate dataset methodologies into practice

Self-directed and comfortable with shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment

Nice to Have:

Familiarity with synthetic data generation techniques

Experience with annotation platforms (CVAT, Label Studio)

Exposure to academic computer vision benchmarks and challenges

Why AILight:

Join a fast-growing startup tackling one of today’s biggest challenges - digital deception and media authenticity.