This is a founding AI engineering role at a seed-stage construction technology company building an intelligence layer that transforms messy blueprints, permits, and construction documents into actionable insights — making building more efficient and equitable. Backed by top-tier investors, the company is a small, high-conviction team applying state-of-the-art computer vision and multimodal AI to real construction workflows in areas like cost estimation and permitting, with direct impact on housing, hospitals, and schools.

You'll be one of the earliest technical hires, shaping the AI architecture and product direction from the ground up. This role is full-time, in-office in San Francisco — relocation-ready candidates are welcome.

Apply state-of-the-art computer vision, LLM, and multimodal AI techniques to real-world construction documents.

Own and prioritize the intelligence layer — modeling, data pipelines, and inference — over application UI.

Rapidly prototype models and iterate based on user feedback and real-world data.

Build and deploy production AI systems that operate on noisy, heterogeneous inputs.

Collaborate closely with product and end users to surface and solve high-impact problems.

Handle practical engineering work as needed — including data labeling, ETL, and deployment tasks — as part of a small, scrappy team.

Communicate progress and tradeoffs with empathy and transparency across the team.

Founding AI Engineer

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Company

Clera

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