Founding AI Engineer
Full-time
bild-ai
Founding AI Engineer
We founded Bild AI to tackle the mess that is blueprint reading, cost estimation, and permit applications in construction. It's a tough technical problem that requires the newest CV and AI approaches, and we’re impact-driven to make it more efficient to build more houses, hospitals, and schools. Featured on Business Insider .
You’ll
Focus on the intelligence-layer instead of the application-layer
Apply SotA computer vision, LLM, and multimodal AI approaches to messy, real-world documents
Ship initial prototypes quickly, and improve them based on user feedback
We want
Applied CV/ML experience
0-to-1 builder, with your AI in production
Growth mindset, slope > y-intercept
Communicate with empathy and honesty. Tell us what makes you happy/unhappy
Don’t mind schlep . We are regularly knee-deep in schlep
Bonus points (if any)
Have built something people used/paid for (founder/startup)
Have a construction background
Are impact-driven
Message with
Why we’re a fit
Your favorite fruit (mine is Sitaphal )
(Please keep it short)
Interview Process
15 min intro
1 hour whiteboard technical
1 hour coding technical
3-5 day paid work trial
Logistics
SF-based or willing to relocate, fulltime in-office
Vacancy posted 3 hours ago
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