Skyrocket Ventures · 6 days ago
Sr. NLP Software Engineer - Agentic AI - Hypergrowth Social AI Startup
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$0/yr - $400K/yr
4+ years expSkyrocket Ventures is a recruiting firm for high growth technology companies, and they are seeking a Senior NLP Software Engineer for a hypergrowth social AI startup. The role involves working on model integration, conversation pipelines, and building reliable conversational systems using natural language processing.
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No H1B
Hiring Manager
Matthew Strassberg
Responsibilities
Working across model integration, conversation pipelines, agent orchestration, and language governance — with a focus on production reliability
This role is heavily hands-on. You’ll be building, shipping, and iterating — not just prototyping
Things to build include: Conversational systems that hold up under real usage
Retrieval pipelines where accuracy actually matters
Enrichment layers that structure messy data
Durable context + memory systems
Runtime safety and observability
Evaluation tied to real, measurable outcomes
Learning loops that improve — without losing control
Everything must be observable, testable, and maintainable
Qualification
Required
Expertise in natural language processing
At least 4 years (preferably more) of NLP engineering in production
At least 2 years of experience building LLM-enabled systems in production
Shipped conversational AI / multi-turn agent systems
LangGraph and/or LangChain used in production, not just prototypes
Proficient in TypeScript and Python
Proficient using AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude Code
AI DBs — ideally Weaviate
Preferred
Experience building social / dating / recommendation platforms
Trust & safety or moderation systems
Reinforcement learning — especially TD learning
Benefits
Equity which could be very lucrative
Company
Skyrocket Ventures
Skyrocket Ventures is a recruiting firm for high growth technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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