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Posted May 11Applied AI Engineer
at PermitFlow
New York City, United StatesHybrid
Requirements
- We’re an applied AI company serving the nation’s builders, tackling one of the largest information challenges in the economy: understanding what can be built, where, and how.
- Our AI agent workforce helps the fastest-growing construction companies navigate everything from permitting and licensing to inspections and project closeouts – accelerating housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development across the country.
- As the U.S. enters a new capex supercycle across data centers, factories, housing, and renewables, joining PermitFlow means building the AI infrastructure at the core of every construction project driving the next wave of reindustrialization.
- ROLE OVERVIEW As an Applied AI Engineer, you will design and deploy the AI agents that power PermitFlow’s pre-construction platform.
- WHAT YOU’LL DO - Develop and deploy AI agents that automate permitting workflows end-to-end - Orchestrate multiple models and tools to create reliable, multi-step AI systems - Build the internal tools and infrastructure that power and monitor these agents - Design and implement backend and frontend services, APIs, and data pipelines, integrating AI functionality into user-facing features when needed - Contribute to system architecture and core platform design with the engineering team - Design and maintain
- experience shipping production AI/ML systems or AI-powered products -
- Experience building multi-step ML systems, pipelines, or agentic workflows - Strong backend and API development skills, with some frontend
Benefits
- PermitFlow has already delivered unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to over $20B in development, helping contractors reduce compliance time, de-risk projects, and scale with confidence.
- experience - Track record of building reliable products with attention to quality and detail - Startup grit and comfort in fast-moving, evolving environments WHAT WE OFFER - Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company - 100% company-paid base medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees + healthcare FSA - 401(k) savings plan - Unlimited PTO and paid family leave - Home office & equipment stipend - Daily in-office lunch and dinner provided - Commuter
- benefits (pre-tax transit and parking) PermitFlow provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or family status, as protected by applicable law.
Contact
- We’ve raised over $90M, most recently completing our Series B, https://www.permitflow.com/blog/permitflow-series-b from top-tier investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401703305569275904/, Initialized, Y Combinator, Felicis, and Altos Ventures, with backing from leaders at OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber.
Additional details
- Despite being a $1.6T industry, construction still suffers from massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity.
- Our HQ is in New York City with a hybrid schedule (3 in-office days per week).
- We prefer NYC-based candidates or those open to relocation.
- You will own the full lifecycle of intelligent agents—from model development to orchestration, productionization, and evaluation—while contributing to core platform engineering.
- We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
- All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.