Bild AI

Founding AI Engineer

Bild AI

San FranciscoFullTime$120k – $180kPosted May 18, 2026

Job description

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