AI Engineer: Build Conversational Permitting at Scale

Fuel Talent LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuel Talent LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking an AI Engineer to lead the reasoning layer for a high-scale, AI-driven permitting workflow. You will design production-ready AI services, orchestrate long-running stateful workflows, and build intuitive interfaces for applicants and reviewers.

The role emphasizes collaboration across backend, AI, and frontend, rapid shipping, and a strong customer-centric mindset to deliver reliable, compliant decision support for city staff.

Qualifications

• Genuine depth in AI/ML and a passion for shipping applied AI systems into production.
• Strong CS and software engineering fundamentals with the ability to build reliable production services.
• Strong coding ability with AI coding assistants while maintaining ownership of the output.
• Experience building agentic AI systems, including tool use, evaluations, context management, memory, and guardrails.
• Startup experience with greenfield development and scaling production systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the reasoning layer and build across the stack around it.
• Build orchestration backbone for long-running, stateful workflows and integrations into zoning data and legacy platforms.
• Create conversational interfaces for applicants, reviewers, and city staff.
• Partner across backend, AI, and frontend to ship quickly and learn from users.
• Help define engineering standards, architecture, and culture with the team.

Skills

AI/ML depth

CS fundamentals

Production services

Agentic AI

Coding skills

Startup experience

Collaboration

Customer-centric

Tools

Elixir

BEAM

Job description

Fuel Talent LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking an AI Engineer to lead the reasoning layer for a high-scale, AI-driven permitting workflow. You will design production-ready AI services, orchestrate long-running stateful workflows, and build intuitive interfaces for applicants and reviewers.

The role emphasizes collaboration across backend, AI, and frontend, rapid shipping, and a strong customer-centric mindset to deliver reliable, compliant decision support for city staff.