Engineering Manager
About The Position
PermitFlow is redefining how America builds by serving the nation’s builders with an applied AI company that tackles the challenge of understanding what can be built, where, and how. Their AI agent workforce assists construction companies with permitting, licensing, inspections, and project closeouts, accelerating development across the country. The construction industry, despite its size, faces significant delays and inefficiencies. PermitFlow aims to solve this by providing speed, accuracy, and visibility to development projects. Joining PermitFlow means contributing to the AI infrastructure that supports the next wave of reindustrialization, driven by growth in data centers, factories, housing, and renewables. The company has secured over $90M in funding, including a Series B round, from prominent investors and industry leaders. PermitFlow is rebuilding the fragmented and manual infrastructure of construction permitting with modern software and AI systems, automating the process end-to-end. This is an opportunity to shape an emerging category through engineering decisions.
Requirements
- 5+ years in software engineering, including 1+ year in engineering leadership
- Experience building and scaling engineering teams in startup or high-growth environments
- Strong system design and architecture fundamentals (scalable web or distributed systems)
- Ability to lead through ambiguity and turn unclear problems into structured execution
- Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- High standards for engineering quality, reliability, and performance
- Deep technical fluency - comfortable engaging with code review, architecture, and tradeoffs
Nice To Haves
- Experience in workflow-heavy, enterprise SaaS, or infrastructure products
- Exposure to complex regulated environments (construction, logistics, government systems, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team, raising the bar for ownership, quality, and execution speed
- Build strong engineering culture through clear expectations, 1:1s, feedback loops, and career development
- Define technical direction across architecture, scalability, reliability, and long-term system evolution
- Own roadmap planning and execution from definition through delivery and customer impact
- Partner closely with product, design, and leadership to translate ambiguous real-world problems into scalable systems
- Drive delivery of critical infrastructure used across thousands of jurisdictions
- Improve system reliability, observability, performance, and engineering efficiency
- Play a key role in hiring and developing engineers and future leaders
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
- 100% company-paid base medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees + healthcare FSA
- 401(k) savings plan
- Unlimited PTO and paid family leave
- Home office & equipment stipend
- Daily in-office lunch and dinner provided
- Commuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
