Staff Software Engineer

present of AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

present of AI in New York is seeking a hands-on, staff-level full stack builder who owns features across React and TypeScript on the frontend and Node.js with PostgreSQL on the backend. You will shape system architecture, review code, and mentor other engineers while working closely with product, design, and customers.

A strong candidate has years of professional full stack experience, startup exposure, and a proven track record of taking demanding cross-functional projects from idea to launch

Qualifications

• Strong full stack experience across frontend and backend
• Experience delivering features from idea to launch
• Mentorship and code-review experience

Responsibilities

• Own features across React/TypeScript frontend and Node.js/Postgres backend
• Shape system architecture and drive technical decisions
• Review code and mentor engineers
• Collaborate with product, design, and customers

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Tools

Git

Job description

This is a hands on full stack builder role at a staff level, owning features across React and TypeScript on the front end and Node.js with Postgres on the back end. The person also shapes system architecture, reviews code, mentors other engineers, and works closely with product, design, and customers. A strong candidate has years of professional full stack work, much of it in startups, and a record of taking demanding cross functional projects from idea to launch on their own.

How it fits the AI era

The product is built around AI agents that read project data, file forms with local authorities, and track approvals, so engineers here build the systems those agents run on and the interfaces people use to supervise them. Much of the routine reading and form filling shifts to automation, while judgment about edge cases, data quality, and reliable integrations stays with the engineering team. The work is less about manual process and more about making automated permitting dependable at scale.

How it builds AI experience

Working here gives direct exposure to applied AI in a regulated, document heavy domain, from how agents pull project data to how filings and approvals are tracked. A candidate can build relevant experience by studying how AI agents handle structured extraction and form submission, and by getting comfortable with the data and integration problems behind construction permitting. Showing prior work with AI assisted products or agent based workflows would fit the company's focus.

Worth showing

• React and TypeScript
• Node.js and Postgres
• Cross functional project ownership
• Code review and mentoring

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About PermitFlow

AI agents that handle construction permitting end to end for builders, from pulling project data to filing forms with local authorities and tracking approvals.