Expert judgment and AI to make permitting manageable, predictable, and fast. Backed by CRV.
About the role
In this role, you will build the intelligence behind the product that gets stuff built. Permitting runs on messy inputs—scanned plan sets, jurisdiction code, reviewer comments, application forms that differ in every city—and turning that into something fast, structured, and trustworthy is the core technical problem at Pulley. As a staff-level AI engineer, you will:
What they're looking for
- You thrive in ambiguity—you’d rather define the right problem than execute a spec, and you’re energized rather than paralyzed when the path isn’t laid out
- You’re product-minded: you care whether the thing you built actually solved the customer’s problem, and you’ll talk to users to find out
- You’re rigorous about what “working” means—you don’t trust a demo, you trust an eval, and you build the measurement before you build the feature
- You have strong opinions about quality and velocity and don’t treat them as a tradeoff—you look for the tools, abstractions, and processes that buy both
- You default to ownership at organizational scale: when something is broken or missing—a system, a process, a gap between teams—your instinct is to fix it, and you don’t need permission or a mandate to start
More about this role
Pulley helps the country’s top architects, builders, and retailers speed up every project in their portfolio. With AI-powered permitting intelligence and expert guidance, we eliminate costly delays and bring predictability across the full lifecycle of commercial projects.
Today, permitting is the slowest, most uncertain part of building, spread across 19,000+ jurisdictions with different rules, timelines, and surprises. Pulley gives project teams the clarity and predictability they need to move from planning to opening without delays.
We support rollout programs for brands like J.Crew, Solidcore, and Hibbett Sports, as well as major data center buildouts, EV charging networks, and other commercial projects. Our platform dramatically reduces approval timelines, improves forecasting accuracy, and removes thousands of hours of manual work from design and construction teams.
Founded in 2021, Pulley combines deep permitting expertise with purpose-built AI from people who have created products used by millions. We’re backed by CRV, Susa Ventures, Fifth Wall, and leaders from Plaid, Segment, ServiceTitan, and Procore.
In this role, you will build the intelligence behind the product that...
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