Founding AI/ML Engineer — Personalization & Conversational AI

Known; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A dating platform company seeks a technical founder to drive the AI backbone for their service. You will design and implement matching algorithms, develop ML pipelines, and collaborate closely with the product and design teams. This role demands hands-on experience in ML systems, a strong proficiency in Python, and a passion for creating fair, human-centered AI experiences. Your work will shape how users connect in an AI-assisted world.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in applied ML or data science engineering roles.
• Strong proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks.
• Experience with LLMs, embeddings, and agentic workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement multi-stage matching systems for compatibility scoring.
• Develop and maintain ML pipelines for data ingestion and model training.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with platform engineers and product designers.

Skills

Applied ML or data science engineering

Python

Modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, Hugging Face)

Experience with LLMs

A/B testing

Safe, fair, and human-centered AI

Job description

A dating platform company seeks a technical founder to drive the AI backbone for their service. You will design and implement matching algorithms, develop ML pipelines, and collaborate closely with the product and design teams. This role demands hands-on experience in ML systems, a strong proficiency in Python, and a passion for creating fair, human-centered AI experiences. Your work will shape how users connect in an AI-assisted world.