Fullstack Software Engineer

PermitFlow is an applied AI company revolutionizing the $1.6T construction industry by streamlining pre-construction processes like permitting, licensing, and inspections. Their AI workforce enhances speed, accuracy, and visibility, accelerating housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development. The company has secured over $90M in funding and is in a hypergrowth phase, seeking a Fullstack Software Engineer to transform complex workflows into AI-enabled software experiences and contribute to a culture of technical excellence.

Must Have

• Transform complex, manual permitting workflows into seamless, AI-enabled software experiences
• Design and implement backend and frontend services, APIs, and data pipelines to support AI-driven workflows
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Customer Success, and Sales to deliver intelligent, user-facing features
• Work directly with users to shape product direction and rapidly ship features that drive impact
• Own features end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to testing and production deployment
• Help establish engineering best practices and contribute to a culture of technical excellence
• Strong experience in fullstack development, ideally including time at a startup or fast-moving team
• Comfortable owning features across frontend, backend, and data layers
• Experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Postgres
• Track record of shipping production systems and making thoughtful trade-offs for speed, reliability, and scalability

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO and paid family leave
• Home office & equipment stipend
• Hybrid NYC office culture (3 days in-office/week) with direct access to leadership
• In-Office Lunch & Dinner Provided

About PermitFlow

PermitFlow is redefining how America builds. Pre-construction remains one of the most broken and manual parts of the $1.6T construction industry, causing massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity across the built world. Our AI workforce delivers unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to pre-construction — accelerating housing development, enabling clean-energy projects, and driving economic growth in communities nationwide. To date, we’ve powered over $20B in real estate development, helping builders and contractors move faster, reduce risk, and scale with confidence.

We’re entering hypergrowth with clear product-market fit and a world-class team from top AI and construction companies. We’ve raised over $36.5M from Kleiner Perkins, Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, Felicis Ventures, and Altos Ventures, alongside backers from OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber. We are on a mission is to modernize how the built world operates.

About the role

PermitFlow is redefining how America builds. We’re an applied AI company serving the nation’s builders, tackling one of the largest information challenges in the economy: understanding what can be built, where, and how. Our AI agent workforce helps the fastest-growing construction companies navigate everything from permitting and licensing to inspections and project closeouts – accelerating housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development across the country.

Despite being a $1.6T industry, construction still suffers from massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity. PermitFlow has already delivered unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to over $20B in development, helping contractors reduce compliance time, de-risk projects, and scale with confidence.

America is entering a CAPEX super-cycle, from data centers and factories to housing and renewables, and joining PermitFlow is building the AI at the heart of every construction project powering the next wave of re-industrialization.

We’ve raised over $90M, most recently completing our Series B,

from top-tier investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins, Initialized, Y Combinator, Felicis, and Altos Ventures, with backing from leaders at OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber.

Our HQ is in New York City with a hybrid schedule (3 in-office days per week). Preference for NYC-based candidates or those open to relocation.

What You’ll Do

• Transform complex, manual permitting workflows into seamless, AI-enabled software experiences.
• Design and implement backend and frontend services, APIs, and data pipelines to support AI-driven workflows.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Customer Success, and Sales to deliver intelligent, user-facing features.
• Work directly with users to shape product direction and rapidly ship features that drive impact.
• Own features end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to testing and production deployment.
• Help establish engineering best practices and contribute to a culture of technical excellence.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in fullstack development, ideally including time at a startup or fast-moving team
• Comfortable owning features across frontend, backend, and data layers
• Experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Postgres, or ability to learn quickly
• Track record of shipping production systems and making thoughtful trade-offs for speed, reliability, and scalability
• Excitement for AI-powered tools that solve real-world construction challenges and a customer-first mindset

What We Offer (Full Time Roles Only)

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO and paid family leave
• Home office & equipment stipend
• Hybrid NYC office culture (3 days in-office/week) with direct access to leadership
• In-Office Lunch & Dinner Provided