Founding Engineer (Applied AI)

San Francisco · On-site$120k – $180k + EquityUS citizen/visa only

About this role

About Bild AI

Bild AI is an early-stage startup with a ton of really difficult technical challenges to solve. We're building blueprint understanding with a model-garden approach, so there is a lots of ground to break. We raised from the top VCs in the world before demo day and have a customer-obsessed approach to product development.

About the role

Skills: Python, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision

Puneet and I (Roop) 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 .

You’ll

Focus on the intelligence-layer instead of the application-layer

Apply the newest computer vision, LLM models, and AI systems

Ship initial prototypes quickly, and improve them based on user feedback

Requirements

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 . 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

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Why we’re a fit

Your favorite fruit (mine is Sitaphal ) (Please keep it short)

Logistics

SF-based or willing to relocate, fulltime in-office

Technology

We're building computer vision object detection models and coordinating these models. We're really focused on the intelligence-side more than the application-side, so it's a lot of ML and algorithm development.

Company at a glance

A Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch company backed by investors who funded PlanGrid, Dropbox, and Airbnb, it uses AI to analyze blueprints, developing and coordinating computer vision object detection models to advance ML and algorithms and make building more affordable.

IndustryAI/ML
Team Size1-10
WorkspaceOn-site
StageSEED
Founded2024
Location
San Francisco, United States
Websitebilds.ai
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