Founding AI Engineer
$120,000–$180,000 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Apply state-of-the-art computer vision, LLM, and multimodal AI techniques to real-world construction documents, then own and prioritize the intelligence layer including modeling, data pipelines, and inference. Rapidly prototype models, iterate based on direct user feedback, and build end-to-end production AI systems at scale. Collaborate with product and users to solve high-impact problems while embracing pragmatic engineering tasks like data labeling, ETL, and deployment. This full-time, in-office role in San Francisco requires US work authorization and offers a salary of $120,000–$180,000 with early-stage equity. As a founding engineer, you will have outsized influence over technical direction and system architecture.
Required Qualifications
- Hands-on, applied experience with computer vision, multimodal AI, and/or LLMs — trained and deployed models in production on real-world documents or similarly messy data.
- 0-to-1 builder mindset: you've launched an AI system into production or built a core part of a new product.
- Comfortable owning the full ML lifecycle — from data and experimentation through deployment and iteration.
- Strong communication skills; able to explain results and tradeoffs clearly to teammates and stakeholders.
- Growth mindset, intellectual honesty, and an empathetic collaborative style.
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves on practical engineering work when the team needs it.
- US work authorization
- Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate
Desired Qualifications
- Experience building something people used or paid for (personal projects, startups, or prior founding experience counts).
- Familiarity with the construction domain or similar technical document-heavy industries.
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