Backed by Accel, Kleiner Perkins and Y Combinator.
About the role
We're looking for an Engineering Manager, AI to lead and scale the engineering team building PermitFlow's core agentic infrastructure and evaluation systems. This is a builder-leader role. You will own both people leadership and technical execution for the systems that decide whether an AI agent can submit a permit on its own, or needs a human in the loop.
What they're looking for
- We’re looking for strong technical leaders who thrive in high-ownership, high-ambiguity environments
- 5+ years in software engineering, including 1+ year in engineering leadership
- Direct experience building or shipping a production AI/agentic system, not just consuming an API but owning the infrastructure around it
- Hands-on familiarity with evaluation infrastructure: golden data sets, LLM-as-judge, human annotation, or online monitoring
- Strong system design and architecture fundamentals, with judgment on when an agent is the right tool and when a simpler system isn't
- Ability to lead through ambiguity and turn unclear, fast-moving problems into structured execution
More about this role
PermitFlow is redefining how America builds. 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.
Despite being a $1.6T industry, construction still suffers from massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity. 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.
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.
We’ve raised over $90M, most recently completing our Series B, from top-tier investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins , Initialized, Y Combinator, Felicis, and Altos...
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