Our client is a venture-backed startup. Think FaceTime with a brain: powered by LLMs, ML-generated video, and real-time infra designed for trust, intimacy, and speed. They are reimagining how people talk to machines and each other.
You'll lead the development of their intelligent interaction layer, blending prompting, memory, and agentic behaviour into seamless, meaningful real-time conversations. From context-carrying to goal-driven agents, you'll help architect the soul behind the face.
What you'll build:
•An agentic orchestration layer for memory, context-switching, and real-time intent.
•Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines for grounded, high-fidelity responses.
•Prompting systems optimized for fast, emotionally intelligent conversations.
•Tools for prompt versioning, observability, and testing.
•Custom fine-tuning for LLMs and eval loops that prioritize character fidelity.
•Tight collaboration with video/audio ML, infra, and design teams to bring it all together.
Requirements
•Have shipped LLM-powered, multi-agent, or RAG-based systems in production.
•Are comfortable with LangGraph, CrewAI, or building orchestration layers from scratch.
•Understand prompt engineering deeply - and know its limits.
•Have experience evaluating and fine-tuning models for responsiveness and style.
•Care about identity, memory, and coherence in human-AI interaction.
•Want to help define what it feels like to speak to an AI.
Benefits
•Salary $120,000 (USD) per year plus equity options available on top.
•Platinum health insurance - we cover the good stuff.
•4% 401(k) match - long-term thinking encouraged.
•Flexible hybrid schedule in SF Bay Area, or remote for the right person.
•We're pre-seed, so base comp is lean - but the founding equity package and impact are real.
•Early ownership in a team that values velocity and thoughtfulness.
•AI Confidant included - weird, personal, powerful.
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