# Engineering Manager, AI at PermitFlow

- Company: PermitFlow
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Kleiner Perkins and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.permitflow.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City, NY
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $180K to $280K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/permitflow/9b2d3e2c-48e6-4951-87b5-497c37f91072
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/permitflow-engineering-manager-ai/

## 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

Tags: Engineering