# **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**](https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-startup-bild-3-million-seed-affordable-housing-2025-6).
### **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**](https://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html). 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**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard_apple))
- (Please keep it short)
### **Interview Process**
1. 15 min intro
2. 1 hour whiteboard technical
3. 1 hour coding technical
4. 3-5 day paid work trial
### **Logistics**
- SF-based or willing to relocate, fulltime in-office
Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
