OpenAI Engineer at $9.7M Forerunner-backed AI dating startup

We are looking for a world-class engineer with direct experience at OpenAI to join an elite team in San Francisco. Backed by $9.7M from Forerunner Ventures, NFX, and Pear VC, this startup is replacing the 'swipe culture' with sophisticated, 27-minute AI voice conversations that lead to real-world dates. If you want to leverage your frontier AI expertise to solve the most human of problems—love and connection—this high-autonomy role offers the chance to build a category-defining consumer product from the ground up alongside veterans from Uber and Apple.

Overview

Role overview

As a frontier AI specialist, you will lead the development of real-time voice interaction and multi-modal understanding for an innovative dating platform. You’ll leverage a unique conversational dataset to build empathetic personality models and matchmaking algorithms that replace swiping with deep, AI-guided discovery. This is a high-autonomy role transforming how millions find relationships.

Company

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Forerunner Ventures-backed AI dating startup reimagining human connection

Responsibilities

What you will do

Architect and deploy advanced multi-modal AI systems capable of conducting 27-minute nuanced voice conversations with users.
Design personality modeling frameworks that translate intimate conversational data into highly compatible, real-world romantic introductions.
Collaborate directly with founders to iterate on matchmaking algorithms that prioritize deep human connection over traditional engagement metrics.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

Must have direct experience as a current or former engineer at OpenAI, possessing deep familiarity with frontier model deployment and optimization.
Demonstrates a high-caliber "Apple-grade" craft in engineering, with the ability to operate autonomously in a small, fast-paced San Francisco studio.
Passionate about applying large-scale conversational AI to solve the loneliness epidemic and broken dynamics of modern consumer dating apps.

What makes it remarkable

Why this role is remarkable

Work with an elite engineering team from Uber and Cash App, advised by Tesla’s former Creative Director and Apple’s Head of Special Projects.
Join a $9.7M seed-stage startup backed by Pear VC and NFX, representing Forerunner Ventures' first-ever investment in the dating category.
Impact a product with massive traction, where 80% of AI-facilitated introductions in the San Francisco beta currently lead to in-person dates.

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