Littlebird

Littlebird

Applied AI Engineer - Agent Intelligence & Retrieval

Remote, USA

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 244 days ago
TypeScriptPythonC++AndroidObject-Oriented ProgrammingVector DatabasesLLMsRAGResearch

About the role

  • Check out the recent TechCrunch news on our $11M seed funding and what users are saying about the product.
  • We're a small, async-first team that values craft and ownership.
  • This role is about making our agent smarter, faster, and more reliable.

Responsibilities

  • Role Overview We're seeking an Applied AI Engineer to join our fast-paced team to design, develop, and implement new features for Littlebird, our AI teammate for Mac and Android (Windows soon).
  • We're building a personal AI that connects your entire digital life, protecting your focus from clutter and surfacing what you need, the moment you need it.
  • You will own its evolution.
  • How do you shrink the context passed to the LLM by 80% without losing the critical 1% of information that leads to the right answer?
  • You'll design and test sophisticated context pruning and summarization techniques.
  • We're seeking an Applied AI Engineer to join our fast-paced team to design, develop, and implement new features for Littlebird, our AI teammate for Mac and Android (Windows soon).
  • Develop Intelligent Pruning: How do you shrink the context passed to the LLM by 80% without losing the critical 1% of information that leads to the right answer?

Requirements

  • Strong OOP programming skills and prior experience writing production software in python, Typescript, or C++ A deep, intuitive understanding of information retrieval and modern RAG pipelines.

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