Backed by Accel, Kleiner Perkins and Y Combinator.
About the role
We're hiring our first Design Systems Designer and Architect to build Cornerstone: the visual and interaction foundation that keeps design, engineering, and an increasingly AI-driven product moving as one. This isn't a maintenance role. You're establishing the standards PermitFlow's next stage of product complexity gets built on.
What they're looking for
- A portfolio with real point of view, not just system diagrams: craft, quality, accessibility, and visual cohesion are all a must
- 10+ years in product design, with meaningful ownership of a design system across a multi-product environment, brand or visual design background is a plus
- Strong command of component architecture, design tokens, and what it takes for a system to total adoption across teams and surfaces
- A history of working shoulder to shoulder with frontend engineers to ship production-grade systems, not just handing off specs and moving on
- A track record of setting & reinforcing accessibility standards
- Clear communication about system tradeoffs, whether you're talking to designers, engineers, or executives
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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