Applied AI Engineer

• 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

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

• Experience building multi-step ML systems, pipelines, or agentic workflows

• 3+ years in software or ML engineering post-BS/MS

• Hands-on experience shipping production AI/ML systems or AI-powered products

• Startup grit and comfort in fast-moving, evolving environments

• Strong backend and API development skills, with some frontend experience

• Track record of building reliable products with attention to quality and detail