Job Overview
Location
Remote (United States Only)
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Data Engineer
Date Posted
March 23, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As the Lead Data Engineer at Inception Point AI, you will serve as the founding architect of the company’s data ecosystem, transforming the prototype 'Atlas' system into a production-grade engine that powers AI-driven content creation, audience insights, and data licensing initiatives across YouTube, social platforms, and podcasts.
- • You will own the end-to-end data lifecycle—from ingestion and transformation to delivery—ensuring data is reliable, accessible, and actionable for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, directly enabling strategic decisions around revenue, content strategy, and licensing.
- • Your role bridges deep engineering expertise with business analytics, requiring you to act as both a technical leader and a strategic partner who translates complex data infrastructure into clear business value for executives, creators, and product teams.
- • Day to day, you will partner with the engineering team to lead the knowledge transfer of 'Atlas' (a Python-based system), assuming full architectural ownership and driving its evolution toward scalability, maintainability, and production readiness.
- • You will design, manage, and optimize Apache Airflow pipelines to ingest, cleanse, and harmonize high-volume analytics data from disparate sources including social media platforms, podcast hosting services, and YouTube APIs, ensuring data health and timeliness for downstream use.
- • As a 'data detective,' you will proactively identify gaps in current data collection, prioritize new data streams aligned with financial and growth objectives, and recommend build-vs-buy decisions for third-party analytics tools versus custom internal solutions.
- • You will build and maintain intuitive self-service dashboards using Power BI or custom frameworks, empowering marketing, content, and leadership teams to answer everyday business questions independently—reducing engineering bottlenecks and accelerating decision-making.
- • You will transform raw, unstructured data into structured, customer-ready data products tailored for licensing opportunities, ensuring compliance, consistency, and commercial viability for external partners.
- • You will collaborate closely with executives and cross-functional stakeholders to understand their data needs, conduct stakeholder interviews to uncover 'blind spots,' and translate business questions into technical requirements and data models.
- • You will establish data quality standards, monitoring practices, and documentation protocols to ensure the long-term health and trustworthiness of the data ecosystem as it scales.
- • You will mentor and guide junior engineers or data contributors, fostering a culture of data ownership, rigor, and innovation within the growing team.
- • You will stay current with emerging trends in media analytics, AI data pipelines, and cloud data platforms to continuously improve the system’s capabilities and competitive edge.
- • The team at Inception Point AI is a tight-knit, innovative group of creators, engineers, and AI specialists united by a mission to build scalable, AI-powered entertainment brands at the intersection of creativity and automation.
- • The company operates with a startup mindset—agile, experimental, and impact-driven—where your work will have immediate visibility and direct influence on product direction, revenue streams, and content strategy.
- • In this role, you will gain rare end-to-end experience in productizing data: from raw ingestion to commercial licensing, giving you a unique portfolio piece in the fast-evolving creator economy and AI media landscape.
- • You will develop deep expertise in media-specific data challenges—such as audience engagement metrics, cross-platform attribution, and content performance modeling—making you a specialist in a high-demand niche at the confluence of data engineering and digital entertainment.
🎯 Requirements
- • Complete mastery of SQL and Apache Airflow, with high proficiency in Python for data pipeline development and transformation.
- • Deep familiarity with cloud-based data storage and management frameworks (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure data services) and experience working with large-scale, high-volume datasets.
- • Proven ability to perform data analysis, identify data quality issues, transform datasets, and interpret information from multiple business perspectives to support decision-making.
- • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a genuine interest in interviewing stakeholders to uncover business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
- • Experience building self-service dashboards (using Power BI, Tableau, or custom tools) that enable non-technical users to explore data independently.
- • Knowledge of the media analytics landscape and ability to advise on build-vs-buy decisions for third-party social media, podcast, or YouTube analytics platforms.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Opportunity to be the founding architect of a production-grade data system from prototype to commercial product, with significant ownership and creative freedom.
- • Direct impact on revenue generation and content strategy through data licensing and audience insights that influence AI-powered personality development and show performance.
- • Remote work flexibility within the United States, allowing you to contribute from anywhere while collaborating with a passionate, innovative team.
- • Exposure to cutting-edge AI and media-tech innovation at the intersection of storytelling, automation, and entertainment.
- • Professional growth in a high-impact niche: productizing data for licensing in the creator economy, a rare and valuable skill set.
- • Collaborative, mission-driven culture where your ideas are valued and your work shapes the future of AI-powered content brands.
Skills & Technologies
Python
Senior
Remote
Degree Required
About Inception Point AI
Inception Point AI is pioneering the future of digital storytelling by building AI personalities that inform, entertain, and inspire. These characters are meticulously styled, voiced, and fine-tuned to engage audiences in real-time across various media formats, from podcasts to short-form video. The company serves creators and brands looking to scale their narrative content with unique, AI-driven talent. Inception Point AI leverages its proprietary systems and a lean, visionary team to create engaging branded ecosystems. A significant proof point of their capability is the creation of the world's largest indie podcast network, Quiet Please, featuring over 4,000 shows and reaching millions.
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