As a Founding Engineer, you will own the AI stack for a platform automating the $13T pre-construction industry. You will build multi-agent systems and RAG pipelines that process 1,500-page plan sets, turning weeks of manual bid comparisons into hours of automated work while making million-dollar decisions reliable.
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San Francisco, United States$200k+ + Equity
Founding Engineer - AI at VC-backed pre-construction AI startup
Join an elite founding team in San Francisco building the future of the $13 trillion construction industry. Backed by the same top-tier VCs who funded industry giants like PlanGrid, this startup is replacing manual spreadsheets with agentic AI that reads complex blueprints and automates multimillion-dollar bidding processes. As a Founding Engineer, you will own the AI stack end-to-end, shipping production RAG pipelines and multi-agent systems that solve massive real-world problems. If you have 4+ years of experience and a hunger for 0-to-1 impact in a high-stakes market, this is your chance to shape an entire category.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Muro AI
SF-based AI construction startup backed by top-tier VCs who invested in PlanGrid and BuildingConnected
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Design and deploy agentic workflows using Python and tool-use orchestration to automate complex tasks across Procore APIs and Excel.
- Build and optimize production RAG systems capable of accurately parsing messy, unstructured 2D construction drawings and 1,500-page specifications.
- Collaborate directly with customers on-site to translate manual estimation workflows into intelligent agents that solve real-world industry bottlenecks.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- 4+ years of technical experience with a proven track record of shipping applied AI, computer vision, or LLM-based products to real users.
- Scrappy, 0→1 builder mentality with prior experience as a founder, ex-CTO, or early engineer at a fast-growing startup.
- Highly proficient in the AI stack, including Python (FastAPI), vector databases, agentic frameworks, and managing dockerized workloads on cloud infrastructure.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Chart the map for the "pre-construction" category, a massive $13 trillion market that still relies on spreadsheets and manual document review.
- Join a high-caliber founding team of Cornell alumni and ex-founders backed by the premier investors in the construction tech space.
- Direct impact from day one by shipping agentic workflows that manage multimillion-dollar bids and save hundreds of hours for general contractors.
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