Founding AI Engineer

This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage construction technology startup building the AI intelligence layer that transforms messy blueprints, permits, and construction documents into actionable cost estimates and permit workflows. You will work at the intersection of computer vision, multimodal AI, and real-world document understanding, with direct impact on housing, hospitals, and schools. You will be one of the earliest technical hires, shaping both the product and the engineering culture.

Apply state-of-the-art computer vision, LLM, and multimodal AI techniques to real-world construction documents.

Rapidly prototype models and iterate based on user feedback and real-world data.

Build and deploy production AI systems that operate on noisy, heterogeneous inputs.

Own the intelligence layer, including modeling, data pipelines, and inference, rather than application UI.

Collaborate closely with product and users to surface and solve high-impact problems.

Handle pragmatic engineering work including data labeling, ETL, and deployment tasks as part of a small team.

Communicate progress and tradeoffs with transparency and empathy across the team.