Founding Applied AI Engineer

Company: Withpulley
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 23, 2025

Job Description:

Our MissionAt Pulley, we are on a mission to help construction teams break ground faster. The United States is while housing production and affordability remain near historic lows. Meanwhile, retail and office real estate and the AI boom has led to .Permitting requirements vary vastly by jurisdiction, making it challenging to navigate for home builders, retailers, architects, and contractors. It creates a critical bottleneck that every project must traverse. While the industry remains largely fragmented and underserved, we believe that combining cutting-edge software with permitting expertise can condense permitting timelines from months to days or even hours!---About UsWe are a passionate team building software for the built environment around us. Founded by and in 2021, our team combines deep experience in real estate and construction with a track record of shipping software loved by millions of customers.We're backed by , , , , , , and leaders from , , , , , , and .What We're BuildingWe're building the world's first software platform for construction permitting - for any project, in any city. Our north star is speed; everything we do is in the service of helping our customers get their permits as fast as possible.We serve some of the top developers, builders, retailers, and architects in the industry to permit new apartment buildings, office space, homes, stores, and much more!The RoleWe are hiring an experienced AI engineer to join the Pulley team and help us accelerate and differentiate our product offering. As an early AI engineer at Pulley, you will get to:

• Help construction teams break ground faster
• Develop and deploy AI-driven features dealing with unstructured permitting documents, city regulations, etc
• Shape the AI strategy and help build the foundation for AI/ML at Pulley
• Contribute to system architecture, ensuring AI models are integrated seamlessly into our tech stack (React, Tailwind, TypeScript, Vercel, and Google Cloud)
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver AI-enhanced experiences that feel intuitive and reliableWe are looking for someone who:
  • Has 5+ years of ML/AI experience at a technology company
  • Has experience working with large language models, fine tuning and retrieval-augmented generation
  • Is familiar with and comfortable setting up AI and data infra from scratch such as vector databases, LangChain, and Docker
  • Is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, willing to work in-person 4 days a week
  • Thrives in ambiguity and defines the right problems to solve
  • Can translate complex customer needs into extensible, scalable product solutions
  • Enjoys collaborating with engineers and designers to meticulously craft great experiences
  • Architects durable systems while making reasonable tradeoffs
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