Founding AI/ML Engineer (Remote)

PulseRise Technologies; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 122.000 - 191.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

ESOP grant

Health insurance (Patch model)

Team stipend

Growth path to technical leadership

Zusammenfassung

PulseRise Technologies is hiring a Founding AI/ML Engineer to architect and ship production-grade AI systems transforming construction. This product-first role focuses on multimodal intelligence, document understanding, and agentic workflow automation, working with the Chief AI Officer and founders.

Location options include Philadelphia, PA, New York City, NY, and Washington, D.C. Hybrid/Remote-first with optional Philly hub.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years of engineering experience
• Experience at an early-stage, high-growth startup
• Shipped production-grade AI systems to real customers
• Hands-on LLM and/or computer vision experience
• Retrieval systems experience (embeddings, chunking, grounding)
• Agentic workflow experience (tools, APIs, state management, retries, guardrails)
• Strong backend fundamentals: APIs, Async jobs / queues, Databases, Cloud deployment, Monitoring, Full end-to-end ownership mindset

Aufgaben

• Build and ship production-grade AI systems used daily by real customers
• Design multimodal pipelines for drawings, specs, and construction documents
• Build agentic workflows automating preconstruction tasks: Document intake, Extraction, Takeoff support, Bid preparation, QA workflows
• Build and improve: Retrieval systems (embeddings, reranking, chunking), Evaluation systems, Orchestration layers
• Optimize model quality, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Prototype and iterate quickly on customer-facing AI features
• Own systems end-to-end (experiment → deploy → monitor → improve)
• Help shape engineering culture and long-term technical direction

Kenntnisse

AI/ML engineering

LLM experience

Computer vision

Retrieval systems

Agentic workflows

Backend fundamentals

Cloud deployment

Async jobs

Tools

Embeddings

Reranking

Chunking

Deployment tooling

Jobbeschreibung

Dear applicants, please note that applications without salary expectations and an active LinkedIn profile will not be considered.

We are hiring a Founding AI/ML Engineer to architect and ship production-grade AI systems transforming one of the world’s largest and least automated industries — construction. This is a product-first AI engineering role focused on multimodal intelligence, document understanding, and agentic workflow automation. You will work directly with the Chief AI Officer and founders to move from low-automation to high-automation mode, where AI agents perform core operational work with light human oversight.

Details

Location: Philadelphia, PA · New York City, NY · Washington, D.C.

Work Model: Hybrid / Remote-first with optional Philly hub

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Level: 6+ years

Equity: Competitive early-employee equity

Visa Sponsorship: H-1B available

Key Responsibilities

Build and ship production-grade AI systems used daily by real customers

Design multimodal pipelines for drawings, specs, and construction documents

Build agentic workflows automating preconstruction tasks:

• Document intake
• Extraction
• Takeoff support
• Bid preparation
• QA workflows

Build and improve:

• Retrieval systems (embeddings, reranking, chunking)
• Evaluation systems
• Orchestration layers

Optimize model quality, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency

Prototype and iterate quickly on customer-facing AI features

Own systems end-to-end (experiment → deploy → monitor → improve)

Help shape engineering culture and long-term technical direction

Requirements

6+ years of engineering experience

Experience at an early-stage, high-growth startup

Shipped production-grade AI systems to real customers

Hands-on LLM and/or computer vision experience

Retrieval systems experience (embeddings, chunking, grounding)

Agentic workflow experience (tools, APIs, state management, retries, guardrails)

Strong backend fundamentals:

• APIs
• Async jobs / queues
• Databases
• Cloud deployment
• Monitoring
• Full end-to-end ownership mindset

Nice to Have

Construction / AEC exposure

Multimodal AI or document intelligence background

OCR / segmentation / computer vision experience

Experience converting human-operated workflows into AI product systems

Inference optimization or evaluation system expertise

Benefits

• Meaningful early-employee ESOP grant
• Employer-funded health insurance (Patch model)
• Team / meal stipend
• Growth path to technical leadership (optional management track)

Interview Process

Initial Screen (30 min)

Culture & Team Round

~2-hour Technical / Architecture Deep Dive

Optional On-Site (Philadelphia)

Offer