Senior Estimator – AI-Driven Construction

Handoff; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary + Equity

Unlimited PTO

401(k)

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Life & Disability Insurance

FSA

DC FSA

Relocation Allowance

Top-Notch Equipment

Team Offsites

Job summary

Handoff is seeking a Senior Estimator to own the quality of blueprint-based estimates for our enterprise customers. You will ensure takeoffs, scopes, and material/SKU matching meet standards and can be executed quickly in the field.

This role suits someone with strong residential construction and estimating experience who wants to influence AI understandings of materials and workflows in a product-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of residential construction experience in remodeling, custom homes, or design-build.
• 1-2+ years in construction material purchasing or sales with SKU/availability knowledge.
• Hands-on blueprint takeoffs using PlanSwift, Bluebeam, or OST.
• Familiarity with estimating platforms Buildertrend, JobTread, Joist, STACK, or CoConstruct.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end residential construction workflows.
• Analytical, Problem-solving skills with ability to diagnose issues from data and logs.
• Comfort with technical systems, logs, and structured workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for cross-functional collaboration.
• High ownership mindset with bias for action and continuous improvement.
• Bonus: experience collaborating with software, product, or engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own estimate quality and serve as the primary liaison between Handoff AI and enterprise teams.
• Validate blueprint takeoffs against real-world scopes, quantities, and specs.
• Maintain and improve estimating templates, knowledge bases, and material classifiers.
• Ensure material lists map correctly to enterprise SKUs and preferred brands.
• Investigate estimation issues by reviewing AI logs and workflows.
• Run test scenarios to verify improvements and quality thresholds.
• Translate field expertise into actionable product insights for Eng/PM teams.
• Document and report issues with clear, reproducible bug reports.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to test features and improve workflows.
• Identify recurring failure patterns and propose scalable fixes.

Skills

Residential construction experience

Analytical thinking

Ownership mindset

Excellent communication

Tools

PlanSwift

Bluebeam

OST

Buildertrend

JobTread

Joist

STACK

CoConstruct

Job description

Handoff is seeking a Senior Estimator to own the quality of blueprint-based estimates for our enterprise customers. You will ensure takeoffs, scopes, and material/SKU matching meet standards and can be executed quickly in the field.

This role suits someone with strong residential construction and estimating experience who wants to influence AI understandings of materials and workflows in a product-driven environment.