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Job Listing: Science Writer/Social Media Manager (part-time) at AI-matchmaking startup

by Cody @ Keeper
6th Jul 2025
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TL;DR

  • Keeper is an AI-powered matchmaking startup. We're building an algorithm that uses relationship science to match people with their soulmate on the first try.
    • ~10% of our first dates lead to marriage
  • We’re looking for a Science Writer / Social-Media Manager to synthesize mating-psych & relationship-science research into engaging, empirically grounded social media posts
  • Reasons I'm posting this on LW:
    • We need someone who is good at thinking across domains
    • Our users tend to be very rational, intentional daters who respond well to depth of thought and process
    • I want to find someone who shares the values of decreasing human loneliness and generally advancing human flourishing
    • We have an incentives-aligned bounty-based business model where users only pay upon success
  • 5–15 h/week, fully remote, $1,250/mo cash + equity currently valued ~$40 k/yr.
  • $1000 referral bounty (or hiring bonus) paid after successfully filling the role for ≥2 months.
    • Feel free to apply yourself or refer someone you know.
  • Application details below

Logistics & Compensation

ItemDetail
Time5–15 hours / week (pick your own schedule; weekly async check-in)
Cash$1,250 USD per month
EquityGrant vesting monthly, current value ~$40k/yr
TermOpen-ended; first 8 weeks are mutual test
LocationFully remote; overlap ≥2h with UTC-5 preferred but not mandatory

Job Duties

  • Make 2 – 5 high-leverage short-form posts per day on x.com, as well as 1-2 longer-form posts per months on Substack/Mediuml/LinkedIn
  • Distill research on evolutionary psychology and relationship science into shareable content
  • Track growth analytics using in-app dashboards and work with executive team to iterate on social strategy
  • Surface data-backed insights to the founding team so we can incorporate it into brand messaging
  • Help cultivate and maintain an intelligent, no-nonsense, but compassionate brand voice
  • Manage first layer of PR and public communications - field inbound DMs, etc.
  • Main Account You'll be Managing: https://x.com/KeeperMatch

Must-Haves

  • Demonstrated writing chops
  • Measurable traction (≥5k followers) on at least one social platform
  • Fluency in evolutionary psychology, statistics, psychometrics, or some hard-science domain—enough to read and intelligently engage with studies
  • Interest in and familiarity with the human mating/dating space
  • Values alignment: belief in excellence, truth-seeking, and the individual and civilizational value of long-term pair bonding
  • High-decoupling

Nice-To-Haves

  • Graduate coursework in evo psych, cog-sci, behavioral econ, or a hard science.
  • ≥20k social media followers

Other Upsides of Working at Keeper

  • Lots of room for growth in salary and title as the company grows
  • No-nonsense, excellence-focused but informal and low-stress culture
  • Work alongside highly competent, truth-seeking people
  • Contribute to human flourishing by helping every person on Earth meet their soulmate

How to Apply/Refer

  • Applying for yourself
    • Send an email to *cody@keeper.ai* with subject “Social Media Application: [Your Name]”.
    • Include:
      • Some samples of your writing
      • Links to your social accounts
      • Optionally, a short paragraph with your ideas for the direction to take the Keeper twitter account's content
  • Referring someone you know
    • Either:
      • Have them apply and mention you, or
      • Give them the above instructions and make a 3-way intro over email