# Founding AI Engineer

**Company:** [Bild AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/bild-ai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $120k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Computer Vision, Machine Learning, LLMs, Multimodal Ai, Prototyping, Model Deployment
**Posted:** 2026-05-18

> Founding AI Engineer building and shipping production-grade computer vision, LLM, and multimodal models for real-world construction documents at an early-stage startup.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Focus on the intelligence-layer instead of the application-layer
- Apply state-of-the-art computer vision, LLM, and multimodal AI approaches to messy, real-world documents
- Ship initial prototypes quickly and iterate based on user feedback

## Requirements
- Applied computer vision / machine learning experience
- 0-to-1 builder with AI systems already in production
- Growth mindset with a strong learning slope
- Communicate with empathy and honesty
- Comfortable with significant operational "schlep" work

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience building products that people have used or paid for (e.g. founder or early startup experience)
- Background in construction or related domains
- Impact-driven mindset

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