Founding AI Engineer
Bild AI · On-site
MeritLog read this listing from Bild AI's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 10, 2026.
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Job details
- Work model
- On-site
- Salary
- $120K - $180K
- Location
- San Francisco
- Company website
- www.businessinsider.com
Hiring context
How this role compares at Bild AI
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What the role asks for
What they're asking for
- Have built something people used/paid for (founder/startup)SkillPreferred
- Have a construction backgroundSkillPreferred
- Are impact-drivenSkillPreferred
- Why we’re a fitSkillPreferred
- Your favorite fruit (mine is Sitaphal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard_apple)SkillPreferred
- (Please keep it short)SkillPreferred
Parsed by MeritLog from the employer’s own posting. The full description follows below.
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