Founding AI Engineer for Construction Intelligence

a16z-speedrun; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding engineer level equity

Free food in the office

Health insurance

Learning budget

Job summary

Cascade is an AI orchestration layer transforming how the physical world gets built. We analyze billions of signals to predict where major construction projects will happen next.

Our clients include architects, engineers, and builders behind infrastructure such as LaGuardia, JFK, Penn Station, nuclear reactors, data centers, and luxury hotels worldwide. We empower them to find, win, and deliver multi-million dollar projects.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Willingness to own the full stack, including direct customer interactions.
• Strong curiosity and willingness to ask questions.
• Based in New York or willing to relocate; authorized to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Connect non-obvious signals to predictive insights for construction.
• Ship end-to-end products.
• Own features from idea to production.
• Collaborate with founders to shape product, tech, and culture.
• Talk to clients who built major skylines.
• Move fast, break things, fix them, and ship again.

Skills

LLMs experience

Full-stack ownership

Customer interaction

Curiosity

US work authorization

Job description

Cascade is an AI orchestration layer transforming how the physical world gets built. We analyze billions of signals to predict where major construction projects will happen next.

Our clients include architects, engineers, and builders behind infrastructure such as LaGuardia, JFK, Penn Station, nuclear reactors, data centers, and luxury hotels worldwide. We empower them to find, win, and deliver multi-million dollar projects.