As an OpenAI Engineer at Known, you will leverage frontier AI experience to build an intimate conversational matchmaking platform. You will develop real-time voice AI and personality modeling that replaces swiping with deep understanding. Joining a small, high-caliber team in San Francisco, you will directly influence a product where 80% of matches lead to real-world connections.
OpenAI Engineer at Known - AI-powered dating platform
Known is reimagining human connection by replacing the burnout of dating apps with sophisticated, AI-driven voice conversations. Backed by $9.7M from Forerunner Ventures and NFX, this San Francisco-based team is looking for a former OpenAI engineer to help build the future of intimate conversational AI. If you want to apply frontier AI experience to a product where 80% of introductions lead to real-world dates, this high-autonomy role in Cow Hollow is your next big opportunity.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Known
Known - Seed-stage AI startup backed by Forerunner Ventures and NFX
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Design and implement sophisticated matchmaking algorithms that utilize multi-modal understanding and personality modeling to facilitate meaningful human connections.
- Build and optimize real-time voice AI systems that power the platform's core 27-minute conversational experience to ensure seamless user interaction.
- Collaborate directly with founders and advisors like Chester Chipperfield to shape the product roadmap and technical architecture from the ground up.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Must have direct professional experience working at OpenAI, bringing frontier knowledge of large-scale model behavior and implementation to the team.
- Proven track record of shipping high-impact AI products, ideally within a fast-paced startup environment or high-caliber engineering team like Uber or Tesla.
- Passionate about solving complex social problems through technology and dedicated to achieving a level of product craft comparable to elite consumer hardware brands.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Work on a deeply technical challenge involving real-time voice AI and one of the most intimate conversational datasets in consumer technology.
- Join a high-caliber team of Stanford dropouts and ex-Uber/Apple talent backed by $9.7M from top-tier VCs like Forerunner Ventures, NFX, and Pear.
- High-autonomy, in-person culture in Cow Hollow where you avoid ticket queues and have direct product impact while benchmarking against Apple-grade craft.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 14 million jobs daily and introduces you directly to hiring managers.
How does this work?
Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.