OpenAI Engineer at Known

Job Title: OpenAI Engineer Company Description: Known - Seed‑stage AI startup backed by Forerunner Ventures and NFX Job Description: 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. Location: San Francisco, USA 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. 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 optimise 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 to shape the product roadmap and technical architecture from the ground up. The ideal candidate: Must have direct professional experience working at OpenAI, bringing frontier knowledge of large‑scale model behaviour 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Jack & Jill/External ATS