AI-Driven Permitting & Plan Review Expert

Brain Co.; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Brain Co. is hiring a Permitting & Plan Review Expert to serve as a full-time domain expert for our engineering, product, design, data, and GTM teams.

This role is not a queue-clearing position; you will study how real permit reviewers decide, interpret codes, and handle edge cases across jurisdictions. You’ll work with SMEs, review plans, and help define when applications should be approved or revised, while contributing to internal guidance and ML training.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on plan review, plan examination, code consulting, private provider, building official, or permitting experience.
• Working fluency in the IBC, IRC, and at least one state building code overlay.
• Ability to independently read full plan sets, including architectural, civil, and structural drawings.
• Ability to articulate code logic in a structured way.
• Strong understanding of how building codes are applied in real-world permitting and plan review workflows.
• Experience reviewing permit applications, construction documents, plan sets, and submittal packages.
• Ability to explain technical code issues clearly to engineers, product managers, designers, and non-experts.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Answer nuanced permitting and code interpretation questions from engineering, product, and design teams
• Review permit applications, plan sets, submittals, and AI outputs to identify what is correct, incorrect, missing, or ambiguous
• Help define what a real reviewer would approve, reject, or send back for revisions
• Label applications and review examples to help train and evaluate our ML systems
• Synthesize jurisdiction-specific requirements, local amendments, and reviewer practices into clear internal guidance
• Speak with other SMEs, reviewers, or jurisdiction contacts when needed to understand local practices
• Help create internal review rubrics, checklists, documentation, and benchmark examples
• Occasionally support customer conversations, product discovery, onboarding, or GTM work as a domain expert

Skills

Plan review

Code interpretation

Documentation

Communication

Domain expert collaboration

AI evaluation feedback

Job description

Brain Co. is hiring a Permitting & Plan Review Expert to serve as a full-time domain expert for our engineering, product, design, data, and GTM teams.

This role is not a queue-clearing position; you will study how real permit reviewers decide, interpret codes, and handle edge cases across jurisdictions. You’ll work with SMEs, review plans, and help define when applications should be approved or revised, while contributing to internal guidance and ML training.