Senior Permitting & Plan Review Expert (Contract)

Brain Co. • San Francisco, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Brain Co. is an applied AI startup co-founded by Jared Kushner and Elad Gil, and backed by leading Silicon Valley builders. They are building AI applications for governments, healthcare systems, and critical industries. This role is for a Senior Permitting & Plan Review Expert to serve as a full-time domain expert for their engineering, product, design, data, and go-to-market teams. This is not a traditional production review role; instead, the expert will help Brain Co. understand how real permit reviewers make decisions, interpret building codes, evaluate applications, and handle edge cases across jurisdictions. The role is approximately 80% permitting, plan review, code interpretation, and application review, and 20% product, project management, documentation, and GTM support.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on permitting, plan review, plans examination, private provider, building official, or code consulting experience
• Strong understanding of building codes and how they are applied in practice
• Experience reviewing permit applications, construction documents, plan sets, or submittal packages
• Ability to explain technical code and permitting issues clearly to engineers, product managers, and non-experts
• Strong judgment about what matters in a real review and what typically triggers comments, revisions, or rejection
• Comfort reviewing AI/software-generated outputs and giving direct, specific feedback
• Strong written communication and documentation skills

Nice To Haves

• ICC certifications such as Building Plans Examiner, Residential Plans Examiner, Commercial Plans Examiner, or Certified Building Official
• Experience across multiple jurisdictions, states, municipalities, or private provider environments
• Experience in California, Florida, Texas, or other high-volume permitting markets
• Experience reviewing residential, commercial, tenant improvement, solar, EV charger, MEP, accessibility, zoning, or structural permits
• Experience managing reviewers, creating SOPs, or supporting permitting process improvement
• PE, RA, CBO, CASp, or similar professional credentials

Responsibilities

• Answer nuanced permitting and code interpretation questions from engineering, product, and design teams
• Review permit applications, plan sets, submittals, and AI outputs to identify what is correct, incorrect, missing, or ambiguous
• Help define what a real reviewer would approve, reject, or send back for revisions
• Label applications and review examples to help train and evaluate ML systems
• Synthesize jurisdiction-specific requirements, local amendments, and reviewer practices into clear internal guidance
• Speak with other SMEs, reviewers, or jurisdiction contacts when needed to understand local practices
• Help create internal review rubrics, checklists, documentation, and benchmark examples
• Occasionally support customer conversations, product discovery, onboarding, or GTM work as a domain expert

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed