Applied AI Engineer, PermitFlow

$175-265k

+ Equity

Mid and Senior level

New York

AI pre-construction platform built for construction and trades

Open for applications

AI pre-construction platform built for construction and trades

101-200 employees

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Open for applications

$175-265k

+ Equity

Mid and Senior level

New York

101-200 employees

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Company mission

To make pre-construction seamless, empowering builders to start projects faster with confidence.⁠⁠

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Company

Role

Who you are

3+ years in software or ML engineering post-BS/MS
Hands-on 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 experience
Track record of building reliable products with attention to quality and detail
Startup grit and comfort in fast-moving, evolving environments

What the job involves

As an Applied AI Engineer, you will design and deploy the AI agents that power PermitFlow’s pre-construction platform. You will own the full lifecycle of intelligent agents—from model development to orchestration, productionization, and evaluation—while contributing to core platform engineering
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 a suite of evaluations and benchmarks to measure agent accuracy, reliability, and cost-effectiveness
Optimize inference pipelines and backend systems for speed, scalability, and cost

Our take

Aiming to release value in the construction market, PermitFlow is an AI-powered construction permit application and management platform. It exists to simplify the pre-construction process for builders and owners, enabling them to move forward with projects more easily.

The company offers a standardized permit application workflow through which users can easily prepare and submit permit applications, receive approvals, and respond to municipal comments on one single platform. This saves time, reduces errors and shortens municipal review cycles, ultimately speeding up the time taken to permit.

Through the deployment of advanced technologies, PermitFlow has kept up with the needs of a changing market, benefitting builders and stakeholders across the nation. As AI has advanced, so too have the company's algorithms, bringing in new functionalities such as voice AI agents that can schedule an inspection as soon as a project is permitted.

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Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Dec 2025

$54m

SERIES B

Feb 2024

$31m

SERIES A

Total funding: $90.7m

Company benefits

Equity packages
100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage
Company issued laptop
Home office & equipment stipend
Lunch & Dinner provides via UberEats w/ a fully stocked kitchen
Commuter benefits
Team building events
Unlimited PTO

Company HQ

Civic Center, New York, NY

Leadership

Francis Thumpasery

(CEO)

Previously served as Senior Business Analyst for McKinsey & Company. Co-founded mBulance.

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